πρωθήβης

in π

COMPOUND: πρωθήβης, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: A [A+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘in the prime of youth’
ETYMOLOGY: πρωθ- (πρῶτ-ος, -η, -ον) ‘first’ + noun stem ἥβη– (ἥβη, -ης) ‘youthful prime’ + noun suf. -ης, -ου
OCCURRENCE: Il. VIII, 518; Od. I, 431; VIII, 263
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. f. sg., nom. m. pl., acc. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: feminine form πρωθήβην only in Od. I, 431.