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ἥβην (heben)

ἥβην is an Ancient Greek form of ἥβη, meaning “youth, prime of life”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Ἥβη, “Hebe — the personification of youth, is described as a daughter of Zeus and Hera, and is, according to…”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 52 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Medea 1108: σῶμά τ’ ἐς ἥβην ἤλυθε τέκνων

Euripides, Heracleidae 857: Ἥβην θʼ· ὃ δʼ ὄρφνης ἐκ δυσαιθρίου νέων

All forms of ἥβη (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.