1. ἥβη · hēbē — Beekes
youth, prime, vigour of youth, sexual maturity
The corpus record
ἥβη
ebe
youth, prime, vigour of youth, sexual maturity
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
- Persians 5 · 9.82/10k
- Against Stephanus 2 1 · 5.43/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
- Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἥβη · hēbē — Frisk
Mannbarwerden, weiche Behaarung
3. ἥβ-η · hēb-ē — LSJ
youthful prime, youth
Attestations
- ἥβης · hēbēs Iliad 11.225
- ἥβης · hēbēs Iliad 13.484
- ἥβην · hēbēn Iliad 16.857
- ἥβης · hēbēs Iliad 17.25
- ἥβην · hēbēn Iliad 22.363
- ἥβης · hēbēs Iliad 23.432
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 554-555; entry #2412 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2225; entry #7134 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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