ἡβάω

ἡβ-άω, Cret. ἡβίω Leg.Gort. 7.41, al., Aeol. (?) ἀβάω Hdn.Gr. 2.16, Alc. Supp. 7.11 (dub.); Ep. opt. ἡβώοιμι, part. ἡβώων (v. infr.): impf. ἥβων Ar. V. 357: fut. -ήσω (ἐφ-) X. Cyr. 6.1.12, Dor. ἡβάσω [ᾱ] AP 7.482: aor. 1 ἥβησα Od. 1.41, Hes. Op. 132, Pl. Ap. 41e: pf. ἥβηκα (παρ-) Hdt. 3.53, etc.: (ἥβη):—

• attain or have attained puberty, ὅταν ἡβήσαι τε καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἵκοιτο Hes. Op. 132; ἡβῶσιν ὀψέ Hp. Aër. 4; ἐπειδὰν ἡβήσωσι Pl. Ap. l.c.; of women. γυνὴ τέτορʼ ἡβώοι (sc. ἔτη) four years past puberty, Hes. Op. 698; ἡβάσεις ἥβαν AP l.c.; ἡβᾶν ἐπὶ διετές, v. sub διετής; ὀμόσαι Χαλκιδέων τοὺς ἡβῶντας ἅπαντας all the adults, IG 1(2).39.32, cf. Ar. Ra. 1055, Th. 4.132.
• • • 2 to be in the prime of youth, εἴθʼ ὣς ἡβώοιμι, βίη τέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη Od. 14.468, al.; ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλʼ ἡβῶν not even in the prime of life, Il. 12.382, cf. Od. 23.187, A. Ch. 879; γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δʼ ἡβῶσαν φέρει Id. Th. 622; ἡβᾶν σθένος to be young and strong, E. HF 436 (lyr.); ἥβων I was young, Ar. V. 357; ἡ. τὰς αἰσθήσεις, of an old man, Philostr. VS 1.9.3; of plants, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα a young, luxuriant vine, Od. 5.69, cf. Simon. 183.3, Longus 4.5; ἡβῶντʼ ἀρτίως οἰνίσκον (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for νεανίσκον) Cratin. 183.
    • 3 metaph., to be fresh, vigorous, ἡβώοις, φίλε θυμέ Thgn. 877 (dub. l.); ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν ʼtis always youth for old men to learn, i.e. ʼtis never too late to learn, A. Ag. 584 (nisi leg. ἥβη) ; ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών the people rages like a passionate youth, E. Or. 696, cf. νεανικός; ἄγγελον . . γέρονθʼ, ἡβῶντα δʼ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί exulting, A. Supp. 775; also of things, γάμοι, ἔαρ ἡ., Opp. H. 1.474, 2.252.
    • 4 to have the outward signs of puberty, Arist. GA 746b23; γένυς ἡβᾷ AP 12.31 (Phan.).

ἡβάω, in der ἥβη stehen, mannbar sein, in der Blüte der Jahre stehen u. vollkommene Mannskraft besitzen ; οὐδέ κέ μιν ῥέα – ἔχοι ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλʼ ἡβῶν Il. 12.382 ; εἴθʼ ἃς ἡβώοιμι, βίη δέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη Od. 14.468 ; αἲ γὰρ ἡβῷμʼ, ὡς ὅτε Il. 7.133 ; ἀλλʼ ὅταν ἡβήσειε καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἵκοιτο Hes. O. 131 ; Aesch. vrbdt γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δʼ ἡβῶσαν φέρει, Spt. 604, u. umgekehrt ἄγγελον δʼ οὐ μέμψεται πόλις γέρονθʼ ἡβῶντα δʼ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί, Suppl. 756 ; Plat. vrbdt τῷ ἡβῶντι καὶ ἀνδρείῳ, Rep. V.468d ; καὶ ἰσχύω Ar. Vesp. 357, der die παιδάρια den ἡβῶντες entggstzt, Ran. 1053 ; auch εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων, wenn ich jugendlich stark wäre an Kraft, Eur. Herc.Fur. 436 ; ἀπέκτειναν μηλίων ὅσους ἡβῶντας ἔλαβον Thuc. 5.116 ; Isae. 1.10 u. sonst. Vgl. διετής. – Auch von anderen Dingen, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα, ein Weinstock im kräftigsten, üppigsten Wuchs, Od. 5.69 ; φλὸξ ἡβήσασα Aesch. frg. 378, vgl. Simonds. 48 (VII.24); ἡβῶντʼ ἀρτίως οἰνίσκον Cratin. bei Ath. I.29d ; τοὺς ἡβῶντας τῶν βοτρύων Long. 4.5. – Uebertr. auch ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν, die Wißbegier, Fähigkeit zu lernen bleibt auch im Alter jugendlich rege, Aesch. Ag. 570 ; ὅταν γὰρ ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών, Eur. Or. 685, wenn das in Zorn geratene Volk heftig aufbraust ; jugendlich froh sein, ἡβώοις φίλε θυμέ Theogn. 877, wo Bergk ἥβα μοι vermutet ; Hesych. erkl. μεθύσκεσθαι, εὐωχεῖσθαι.

ἡβάω

[ἥβη.]

Acc. sing. masc. pres. pple. ἡβώοντα Il. 9.446.

Nom. pl. ἡβώοντες Il. 24.604: Od. 10.6.

Nom. fem. ἡβώωσα Od. 5.69.

Opt. ἡβώοιμι Il. 7.157, Il. 11.670, Il. 23.629: Od. 14.468, 503.

Contr. ἡβῷμι Il. 7.133.

3 sing. aor. subj. ἡβήσῃ Od. 1.41.

Pple. ἡβήσας Od. 19.410. Dual masc. ἡβήσαντε Il. 5.550.

• • 1

    To be in one’s youthful prime, in the vigour of early manhood: ἀνὴρ μάλʼ ἡβῶν Il. 12.382. Cf. Il. 7.133, 157 = Il. 11.670, Il. 9.446, Il. 23.629, Il. 24.565, 604: = Od. 10.6, Od. 14.468, 503, Od. 23.187.

    Of a flourishing vine Od. 5.69.

  • 2

    In aor., to have attained this stage of growth: ἡβήσαντε ἅμʼ Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην Il. 5.550. Cf. Od. 1.41, Od. 19.410.

ἡβάω , opt. ἡβώοιμι, ἡβῷμι, part. ἡβῶν, ἡβώοντα, etc., aor. ἥβησα: be (aor. arrive) at oneʼs prime, have youthful vigor; fig., of a vine, ‘luxuriant,’ Od. 5.69.

ἡβάω ἥβη

• • • 1to be at manʼs estate, to be in the prime of youth, ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλʼ ἡβῶν not even in the prime and pride of life, Hom.; γυνὴ τέτορʼ ἡβώωσα (sc. ἔτη) i. e. being four years past puberty, Hes.; ἡβῶν when I was young, Ar.; οἱ ἡβῶντες the young, Ar.:—of plants, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα a young luxuriant vine, Od.
    • 2metaph. to be young, ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾶι τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν learning is young even for the old, i. e. ʼtis never too late to learn, Aesch.; ἡβᾶι δῆμος the people is like a young man, Eur.