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ἀνθηρός

ἀνθηρός, flowering, blooming

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ἀνθηρῶν feminine genitive plural, masculine genitive plural, neuter genitive plural of ἀνθηρός

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ἀνθηρός, ά, όν,
  • flowery, blooming, ἔαρ Chaerem. 9; λειμών, δάπεδον, Ar. Av. 1093, Ra. 352; χώρα Str. 17.3.12 (Comp.); πρόσοψις, διάθεσις, D.S. 5.3, 19; τὰ ἀ. flowery meads, Plu. Amat. 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. Adul. 2.50b; cf. ἄνθος II.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. Pyth. 2.395b; of colours, τὸ ἀ. τῶν χρωμάτων Luc. Nigr. 13. cf. Plu. Profect. 2.79d, etc.
      • 4 brilliant, splendid, δειπνάριον Diph. 64; ἐδωδή Ph. 1.679 (Comp.) (s.v.l.); βίος Max.Tyr. 21.1; θεωρία Iamb. in Nic. p.35 P.; of personal appearance, dress, etc., ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇ E. IA 73. Adv. -ῶς Sch. Opp. H. 1.459.
      • 5 of style, flowery, florid, ἀ. genus dicendi Quint. Inst. 12.10.58, cf. Plu. QConv. 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. Aud. 2.46a: Comp. ἀνθηρότερον, λέγειν Isoc. 13.18.
    • III ἀνθηρός, ὁ, = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc. 1.91.
      • 2 ἀνθηρά, ἡ, name of a lip-salve, Plin. HN 24.69, Gal. 13.839; also of a plaster, Cels. 6.11, Sor. ap. Gal. 12.957.

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