η20Ἡβητήρ
(young) adult, in one's prime
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] h(/bh ["youthful prime"], [meaning] the first growth of the [facial] hairs. In the Epigrams: "young men in their prime [are] not a fine thing. For I detest that fast growing [...]…
Ἡβητήρ. καὶ Ἥβη, ἡ πρώτη ἔκφυσις τῶν τριχῶν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οὐ καλὸν ἡβητῆρες. ἀπεχθαίρω γὰρ ἐκείνην τὴν τρίχα τὴν ταχὺ φυομένην.
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