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ἀνήρ,ὁ , ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα,voc.ἄνερ: pl.ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι[ᾰ], -δρας: Aeol. dat. pl.
A.
ἄνδρεσι
Alc. Supp. 14.8
: late nom. sg. ἄνδρας
Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.109.7
: in Att. the Art. often forms a crasis with the Noun,ἁνήρforὁ ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρίforτοῦ ἀνδρός,etc.,ἅνδρεςforοἱ ἄνδρες;the Ion. crasis isὡνήρ, ὧνδρες,
Hdt. 4.161 , 134 : Ep. alsoἀνέρα, ἀνέρος, ἀνέρι,dualἀνέρε,pl.ἀνέρες, ἀνέρας, ἄνδρεσσι.[ Ep. Poets mostly useᾱin arsi,ᾰin thesi; but in trisyll. forms with stemἀνέρ-alwaysᾱ;so also Trag. in lyr., S. Tr. 1011 , OT 869 . But in Trag. senariansᾰalways.] (ἀ-in nom. by analogy; cf. Skt.nar-from I.- E.
ner-, nṛ-fromnṛ-,Gk.ἀνδρ-fromṇr-):—man,opp.woman(ἄνθρωποςbeingmanas opp. tobeast), Il. 17.435 , Od. 21.323 ;τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαιςwithoutmalechildren, Pl. Lg. 877e ; in Hom. mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also offreemen;ἀ δήμου oneof the people, Il. 2.198 , cf. Od. 17.352 ; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος
Il. 2.61
; ἀ. βασιλεύς
Close Browse lexicon entries II. man,opp.god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τεib. 1.544 , al.;Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶνib. 334 , cf. 403 , Hdt. 5.63 , etc.: most common in pl., yet sts. in sg., e.g. Il. 18.432 :—freq. with a Noun added,βροτοί, θνητοὶ ἄ.,
Od. 5.197 , 10.306 ; ἄ. ἡμίθεοι
;ἄ. ἥρωεςib. 5.746 :—also ofmen,opp.monsters,
Od. 21.303 :—ofmenin societies and cities, οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις
; and so prob., ἄλλοτε μέν τ' ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο . ., ἄλλοτε δ' ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας . .
III. man,opp.youth,unless the context determines the meaning, as in οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα
; butἀ.alone always meansa man in the prime of life,esp.warrior,
; so ἀ. ἀντ' ἀνδρὸς ἐλύθησαν
; the several ages are given as παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ., πρεσβύτης
;εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν,
D. 19.230 , Isoc. 12.212 ; εἰς ἄνδρας ἀναβῆναι
; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opp.παῖδες,
IV. manemphatically,man indeed,
; freq. in Hdt. , πολλοὶ μὲν ἄνθρωποι, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἄνδρες
; ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν
; εἰ ἄνδρες εἶεν οἱ στρατηγοί
; οὐκέτι ἀ. ἀλλὰ σκευοφόρος
; τὸν Αυκομήδην . . μόνον ἄνδρα ἡγοῦντο
;οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσιnotlike a man,
E. Alc. 723 , cf. 732 ;ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν'tisthe part of a man . .,
Il. 19.291 , Od. 24.196 , Hdt. 1.146 , etc.; εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἡκούσης τῆς κόρης
; so ἐξοικιεῖν εἰς ἀνδρὸς [οἶκον] θυγατέρα
:—also ofa paramour,opp.πόσις,
S. Tr. 551 , cf. E. Hipp. 491 , Theoc. 15.131 ; ἀ. ἁπασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν ἐστι νῦν
1. joined with titles, professions, etc., ἰητρὸς ἀ.
;ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός,
Hdt. 6.83 , 92 (dub.); ἀ. νομεύς
;ἄνδρες λοχῖται, λῃσταί, ἀσπιστῆρες,ib. 751 , 842 , Aj. 565 ; esp. in disparagement, κλῶπες ἄ.
; with names of nations, as Φοίνικες ἄ.
,al.; esp. in addresses, ἄ. ἔφοροι
, etc.;ὦ ἄνδρες gentlemenof the jury, Antipho 1.1 , Lys. 1.1 , etc.; ὦ ἄ. Ἀθηναῖοι
, etc.: hence in Comedy, ἄ. ἰχθύες
ὡνήρ,is freq. used emphatically for αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος
, prob. in Pl. Sph. 216b , etc.: sts. so in oblique cases without the Art., S. Tr. 55 , 109 , 293 , etc.; but not in Prose.
3. ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ' ἀ.,in Trag., = ἐγώ , S. Aj. 78 , E. Alc. 690 , etc.
4. πᾶς ἀ.everyman,everyone,freq. in Pl. Lg. 736c , al., cf. E. Or. 1523 .
εἶτ' ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊέναι;
; οὐ πρέπει νοῦν ἔχοντι ἀνδρί
, etc.;οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς . . ἐσθ' ὁ πλοῦς'tis notevery onethat can go, Nicol.Com. 1.26 .
; and often with a Sup. , ὦ φίλτατ' ἀνδρῶν
, POxy. 1047 iii 11 , BGU 145.5 , etc.; soτοὺς κατ' ἄνδρα individuals,opp.κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν,
= ἕκαστος, δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον
Jd. 8.24 ;ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται 'each to his fellow',of leviathan's scales, Jb. 41.8 ; also ἀ. εἷς
; with negs.,ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτωib. 10.19 ; ἀνὴρ ἀνήρ any one, Le.
9. ἄνδρας γράφειν: τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν,
References Alc. Supp. 14.8 Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.109.7 Hdt. 4.161 134 S. Tr. 1011 OT 869 E. Il. 17.435 Od. 21.323 Pl. Lg. 877e Hom. Il. 2.198 Od. 17.352 Il. 2.61 Od. 24.253 Il. 11.687 1.544 334 403 Hdt. 5.63 Il. 18.432 Od. 5.197 10.306 Il. 12.23 5.746 Od. 21.303 Pi. O. 6.10 h.Ap. 142 Od. 18.53 Il. 15.328 Th. 2.103 X. Smp. 4.17 D. 19.230 Isoc. 12.212 BMus.Inscr. 898 IG 22.1138.10 Il. 5.529 Hdt. 7.210 S. Aj. 77 E. El. 693 Ar. Eq. 1255 Id. Nu. 823 Id. Ach. 77 Th. 4.27 X. Cyr. 4.2.25 Id. HG 7.1.24 E. Alc. 723 732 Men. 771 Il. 19.291 Od. 24.196 Hdt. 1.146 Pl. Criti. 113d Luc. Lex. 11 S. Tr. 551 E. Hipp. 491 Theoc. 15.131 Pherecr. 155 Theoc. 8.49 Il. 11.514 Hdt. 6.83 92 S. OT 1118 751 842 Aj. 565 E. Rh. 645 S. Ant. 690 Hdt. 4.42 E. Hec. 19 Hdt. 9.9 S. OT 513 D. 21.1 Antipho 1.1 Lys. 1.1 Id. 6.8 Archipp. 29 Luc. JTr. 15 Ath. 4.160b Ar. V. 269 Pl. Sph. 216b S. Tr. 55 109 293 S. Aj. 78 E. Alc. 690 Pl. Lg. 736c E. Or. 1523 Ar. Nu. 1214 Pl. Phd. 114d Nicol.Com. 1.26 Eup. 316 Phryn.Com. 80 Isoc. 12.180 POxy. 1047 iii 11 BGU 145.5 D.Chr. 32.6 LXX Jd. 8.24 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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