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ἀνθηρός , ά, όν,
A.flowery, blooming,ἔαρChaerem.9; λειμών, δάπεδον, Ar.Av.1093, Ra.352; “χώραStr.17.3.12 (Comp.); πρόσοψις, διάθεσις, D.S.5.3,19; “τὰ .flowery meads, Plu.2.770b; but also, flowering plants, ib.765d.
II. metaph., fresh, young,χλόηE.Cyc.541; of music, etc., fresh, new, X.Cyr.1.6.38; of persons, Plu.Pomp.69; “ἱλαρὸς καὶ .2.50b; cf. “ἄνθος11.1 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 .Plu.2.395b; of colours, “τὸ . τῶν χρωμάτωνLuc.Nigr.13. cf. Plu.2.79d, etc.
4. brilliant, splendid,δειπνάριονDiph.64; “ἐδωδήPh.1.679 (Comp.) (s.v.l.); “βίοςMax.Tyr.21.1; “θεωρίαIamb.in Nic.p.35P.; of personal appearance, dress, etc., “ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇE.IA73. Adv. -ῶς Sch.Opp.H.1.459.
5. of style, flowery, florid,.genus dicendi Quint.Inst.12.10.58,cf.Plu.2.648b; of music, . καὶ μαλακὴ ἁρμονία (metaph. of policy), Id.Per.15; “ἂν . τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἔστω καὶ λέξις τοιαύτηHermog.Prog. 10. Adv. "ἀνθηρῶς", an exclamation of applause, Plu.2.46a: Comp. “ἀνθηρότερον, λέγεινIsoc.13.18.
III. ἀνθηρός, , = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.
2. ἀνθηρά, , name of a lip-salve, Plin.HN24.69, Gal.13.839; also of a plaster, Cels.6.11, Sor. ap. Gal.12.957.
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    • Sophocles, Antigone, 960
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    • Plutarch, Pompey, 69
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 11.1
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