The corpus record

ἁβρ-ύνω

abruno

make delicate, treat delicately

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make delicate, treat delicately, deck out, live delicately, wax wanton, give oneself airs, pride, plume oneself on a

make delicate, treat delicately, μὴ γυναικὸς ἐν τρόποις ἐμὲ ἅβρυνε A. Ag. 919: deck out, εἰς γάμον ἁβρῦναί τινα AP 6.281 (Leon.):—Med. or Pass., live delicately; hence, wax wanton, give oneself airs, ἁβρύνεται γὰρ πᾶς τις εὖ πράσσων πλέον A. Ag. 1205, cf. S. OC 1339; ἐκαλλυνόμην τε καὶ ἡβρυνόμην ἄν Pl. Ap. 20c: c. dat. rei, pride, plume oneself on a thing, οὐχ ἁβρύνομαι τῷδʼ E. IA 858; ἡβρύνετο τῷ βραδέως διαπράττειν X. Ages. 9.2; οἷς ὁ τῶν γυναικῶν ἁβρύνεται βίος Clearch. 9.

In the wild

ἁβρύνεται · habrynetai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205
ἅβρυνε · habryne Aeschylus, Agamemnon 918–921
ἁβρύνομαι · habrynomai Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 502)
ἡβρυνόμην · hēbrynomēn Plato, Apology 20
ἁβρύνεται · habrynetai Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1338–1339
ἡβρύνετο · hēbryneto Xenophon, Agesilaus 9.2 (DIORISIS sentence 292)

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