The corpus record

ἁβρός

abros

graceful, delicate, pretty

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἁβρός · habros

graceful, delicate, pretty, splendid, graceful, pretty, dainty, luxurious, delicately, delicately

graceful, delicate, pretty, παρθένος Hes. Fr. 218; παῖς, Ἔρως Anacr. 17, 65; ἄβραι Χάριτες Sapph. 60; esp. of the body, σῶμα, πούς, etc., Pi. O. 6.55, E. Tr. 506; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ παρηίδος Ph. 1486; of women, A. Fr. 313, S. Tr. 523; ἁ. ἄθυρμα, of a pet dog, IG 14.1647 (Lipara): of things, splendid, στέφανος, κῦδος, πλοῦτος Pi. I. 8.65, O. 5.7, P. 3.110: of style, graceful, pretty, λόγος Hermog. Id. 2.5; freq. with a notion of disparagement, dainty, luxurious; hence, ἁβρὰ παθεῖν live delicately, S

2. ἀ-βρώς · a-brōs

not devoured, not bitten

not devoured; hence, not bitten by mosquitoes, AP 9.764 (Paul.Sil.).

In the wild

ἁβρὸν · habron Euripides, Bacchae 493
ἁβρὸν · habron Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 998)
ἁβρὸν · habron Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 309)
ἁβρὰ · habra Euripides, Phoenissae *)/antigo/nh.1485 (DIORISIS sentence 863)
ἁβρόν · habron Euripides, Suppliants *)/adrastos.860 (DIORISIS sentence 506)
ἁβρὰ · habra Euripides, Trojan Women 1.818 (DIORISIS sentence 432)

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Where it came from

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