Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἥβη

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ζάγκλον - ζηλοτυπία

ζαπληθής

ζάπλουτος

ζατρεφής

ζαφλεγής

ζαχρεῖος

ζάχρυσος

ζεγέριες

ζείδωρος

ζευγάριον

ζευγηλατέω

ζευγηλάτης

ζευγίτης

ζεύγνυμι

ζευγοτρόφος

ζευκτήριος

ζηλαῖος

ζηλοδοτήρ

ζηλομανής

ζηλοσύνη

ζηλοτυπέω

ζηλοτυπία

ζηλότυπος - ζωγρέω

ζωγρία - ζώφυτος

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I.manhood, youthful prime, youth, Lat. pubertas, νεηνίηι ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, τοῦπερ χαριεστάτη ἥβη Od.; ἥβης μέτρον ἱκέσθαι or ἱκάνειν ῀ ἡβάσκειν, id=Od.

b.youthful strength, vigour, πειρώμενος ἥβης Il.; ἥβηι πεποίθεα Od.

c.legally, ἥβη was the time before manhood, at Athens 16 years of age; at Sparta, 18, so that τὰ δέκα ἀφ᾽ ἥβης were men of 28, τὰ τετταράκοντα ἀφ᾽ ἥβης men of 58, and so on, Xen.: cf. ἔφηβος.

2.metaph. youthful cheer, merriment, δαιτὸς ἥβη Eur.: also youthful passion, fire, spirit, Pind.

3.a body of youth, the youth, Lat. juventus, Aesch.

II.as femin. prop. n., Ἥβη, Hebe, daughter of Zeus and Hera, wife of Hercules, Hom.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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