- ἀνθηρός
- ἀνθηρός, ά, όν,A flowery, blooming,
ἔαρ Chaerem.9
; λειμών, δάπεδον, Ar.Av.1093, Ra.352;χώρα Str.17.3.12
([comp] Comp.); πρόσοψις, διάθεσις, D.S.5.3,19;τὰ ἀ.
flowery meads,Plu.
2.770b; but also, flowering plants, ib.765d.II metaph., fresh, young,χλόη E.Cyc.541
; of music, etc., fresh, new, X.Cyr.1.6.38; of persons, Plu.Pomp.69;ἱλαρὸς καὶ ἀ. 2.50b
; cf.ἄνθος 11.1
fin.2 τᾶς μανίας ἀνθηρὸν μένος rage bursting (as it were) into flower, i.e. exuberant, S.Ant.960.3 bright-coloured, brilliant,τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὸ ἀ. Plu.2.395b
; of colours,τὸ ἀ. τῶν χρωμάτων Luc.Nigr.13
. cf. Plu.2.79d, etc.4 brilliant, splendid,δειπνάριον Diph.64
;ἐδωδή Ph.1.679
([comp] Comp.) (s.v.l.);βίος Max.Tyr.21.1
;θεωρία Iamb.in Nic.p.35P.
; of personal appearance, dress, etc.,ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇ E.IA73
. Adv. -ῶς Sch.Opp.H.1.459.5 of style, flowery, florid,ἀ.
genus dicendiQuint.
Inst.12.10.58,cf.Plu.2.648b; of music, ἀ. καὶ μαλακὴ ἁρμονία (metaph. of policy), Id.Per.15;ἂν ἀ. ᾖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἔστω καὶ ἡ λέξις τοιαύτη Hermog.Prog. 10
. Adv. "ἀνθηρῶς", an exclamation of applause, Plu.2.46a: [comp] Comp.ἀνθηρότερον, λέγειν Isoc.13.18
.III ἀνθηρός, ὁ, = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.2 ἀνθηρά, ἡ, name of a lip-salve, Plin.HN24.69, Gal.13.839; also of a plaster, Cels.6.11, Sor. ap. Gal.12.957.
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