A.“ἥβων” Ar.V.357: fut. -ήσω （ἐφ-) X.Cyr.6.1.12, Dor. ἡβάσω [α_] AP7.482: 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 τέτορ᾽ ἡβώοι (sc. ἔτη) four years past puberty, Hes.Op.698; ἡβάσεις ἥβαν APl.c.; ἡβᾶν ἐπὶ διετές, v. sub διετής; ὀμόσαι Χαλκιδέων τοὺς ἡβῶντας ἅπαντας all the adults, IG12.39.32, cf. Ar.Ra.1055, Th.4.132.
2. to be in the prime of youth, “εἴθ᾽ ὣς ἡβώοιμι, βίη τέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη” Od.14.468, al.; ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλ᾽ ἡβῶν not even in the prime of life, Il.12.382, cf. Od. 23.187, A.Ch.879; “γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φέρει” Id.Th. 622; ἡβᾶν σθένος to be young and strong, E.HF436 (lyr.); ἥβων I was young, Ar.V.357; ἡ. τὰς αἰσθήσεις, of an old man, Philostr.VS1.9.3; of plants, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα a young, luxuriant vine, Od.5.69, cf. Simon.183.3, Longus 4.5; ἡβῶντ᾽ 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 'tis always youth for old men to learn, i.e. 'tis 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 . . γέρονθ᾽, ἡβῶντα δ᾽ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί exulting, A.Supp.775; also of things, γάμοι, ἔαρ ἡ., Opp.H.1.474, 2.252.
