Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of youth and spring, cupbearer to the Olympian gods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the goddess of youth and spring; the personification of eternal and exuberant youth, and, until supplanted in this office by Ganymede, the cup-bearer of Olympus, a daughter of Zeus and Hera, who gave her as wife to Hercules after his deification, as a reward of his achievements.
- noun The sixth planetoid, discovered by Henke in Driesen, Prussia, in 1847.
- noun [lowercase] In mammalogy, same as
hamadryad , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.
- noun (Zoöl.) An African ape; the hamadryas.
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- noun slang, derogatory, offensive A
Jew .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods
Etymologies
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Examples
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Homer would have seemed arrogantly superior to his audience if he had not called Hebe 'white-armed' or 'ox-eyed'.
Quotation, &c. 1908
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Had she not been called Hebe or Psyche -- or Halcyone -- some Greek name?
Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903
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Moreover, she liked a dark man, and Scudamore was fair and fresh as a rose called Hebe's Cup in June.
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This goddess was also called Hebe, from the Greek word signifying youth.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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On December 7, 2007, the Samsung crane fleat under collided to an oil tanker called Hebe
WN.com - Articles related to Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull 2010
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It's a good description of a man who once told "Hebe" jokes, dated shiksas (non-Jews) and turned himself into what he calls a "Jewish Uncle Tom."
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Among Byström's numerous productions the best are his representations of the female form, such as "Hebe," "Pandora," "Juno suckling Hercules," and the "Girl entering the Bath."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Cadenabbia "Psyche and Cupid", a graceful composition of exquisite lines; and in 1796 the life-size "Kneeling Magdalen" (Cadenabbia) and the "Hebe" (Berlin).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Since her double bereavement of her "Hebe" and her
The Missing Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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Mrs. Waugh readily consented to accompany her favorite, and also to try to induce "Hebe," as she called blooming Marian, to make one of their party.
The Missing Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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