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Headword:
*(hbhth/r
Adler number: eta,20
Translated headword: (young) adult, in one's prime
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Also [sc. attested is the related noun] h(/bh ["youthful prime"], [meaning] the first growth of the [facial] hairs.[1]
In the Epigrams: "young men in their prime [are] not a fine thing. For I detest that fast growing [...] of the hairs."[2]
Greek Original:*(hbhth/r. kai\ *(/hbh, h( prw/th e)/kfusis tw=n trixw=n. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ou) kalo\n h(bhth=res. a)pexqai/rw ga\r e)kei/nhn th\n tri/xa th\n taxu\ fuome/nhn.
Notes:
The unglossed primary headword, illustrated by the quotation given, is a poetic variant of
h(bhth/s; see LSJ s.v.
[1] See also, more generally
eta 16.
[2]
Greek Anthology 5.277.3-4 (
Eratosthenes Scholasticus), here lightly abridged.
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 25 October 2003@01:35:22.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, added note and keyword, set status) on 25 October 2003@02:15:27.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 26 October 2003@04:42:21.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 3 December 2012@03:26:59.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.2) on 7 August 2023@20:28:32.
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