ἡβάω

ἡβ-άω, Cret. [full] ἡβίω Leg.Gort.7.41,al., [dialect] Aeol.(?) [full] ἀβάω Hdn.Gr.2.16, Alc.Supp.7.11 (dub.); [dialect] Ep. opt. ἡβώοιμι, part. ἡβώων (v. infr.): [tense] impf.

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ἥβων Ar.V.357

: [tense] fut. -ήσω ([etym.] ἐφ-) X.Cyr.6.1.12, [dialect] Dor. ἡβάσω [ᾱ] AP7.482: [tense] aor. 1

ἥβησα Od.1.41

, Hes.Op.132, Pl.Ap.41e: [tense] pf. ἥβηκα ([etym.] παρ-) Hdt.3.53, etc.: ([etym.] ἥβη):—attain or have attained puberty,

ὅταν ἡβήσαι τε καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἵκοιτο Hes.Op.132

;

ἡβῶσιν ὀψέ Hp.

Aër.4;

ἐπειδὰν ἡβήσωσι Pl.Ap.

l.c.; of women. γυνὴ τέτορ' ἡβώοι (sc. ἔτη) four years past puberty, Hes.Op.698; ἡβάσεις ἥβαν APl.c.; ἡβᾶν ἐπὶ διετές, v. sub διετής; ὀμόσαι Χαλκιδέων τοὺς ἡβῶντας ἅπαντας all the adults, IG12.39.32, cf. Ar.Ra.1055, Th.4.132.

2 to be in the prime of youth,

εἴθ' ὣς ἡβώοιμι, βίη τέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη Od.14.468

, al.; ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλ' ἡβῶν not even in the prime of life, Il.12.382, cf. Od. 23.187, A.Ch.879;

γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ' ἡβῶσαν φέρει Id.Th. 622

; ἡβᾶν σθένος to be young and strong, E.HF436 (lyr.); ἥβων I was young, Ar.V.357; ἡ. τὰς αἰσθήσεις, of an old man, Philostr.VS1.9.3; of plants, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα a young, luxuriant vine, Od.5.69, cf. Simon.183.3, Longus 4.5; ἡβῶντ' ἀρτίως οἰνίσκον (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for νεανίσκον) Cratin.183.

3 metaph., to be fresh, vigorous,

ἡβώοις, φίλε θυμέ Thgn.877

(dub. l.); ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 'tis always youth for old men to learn, i.e. 'tis never too late to learn, A.Ag.584 (nisi leg. ἥβη) ; ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών the people rages like a passionate youth, E.Or.696, cf. νεανικός; ἄγγελον . . γέρονθ', ἡβῶντα δ' εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί exulting, A.Supp.775; also of things, γάμοι, ἔαρ ἡ., Opp.H.1.474, 2.252.

4 to have the outward signs of puberty, Arist.GA746b23;

γένυς ἡβᾷ AP12.31

(Phan.).