ἀνήρ, ὁ, ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα,
vocative ἄνερ: plural ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι [ᾰ], -dras: Aeolic dialect dative plural ἄνδρεσι[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 14.8: late _nominative_ _sing._ ἄνδρας “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.109.7: in _Attic dialect_ the _Article_ often forms a crasis with the Noun, ἁνήρ for ὁ ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρί for τοῦ ἀνδρός, etc., ἅνδρες] Refs 7th c.BC+] for οἱ ἄνδρε; the Ionic dialect crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161, 134: _Epic dialect_ also ἀνέρα, ἀνέρος, ἀνέρι, _dual_ ἀνέρε, _plural_ ἀνέρες, ἀνέρας, ἄνδρεσσι.] Refs 5th c.BC+] [Epic dialect Poets mostly use ᾱ in arsi, ᾰ in thesi; but in trisyllable forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ; so also Trag. in Lyric poetry, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1011, “OT” 869. But in Trag. senarians ᾰ always.] (ἀ-] Refs 5th c.BC+] in nominative by analogy; cf. Sanskrit nar- from I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] ner-, nṛ- from nṛ-, Gk. ἀνδρ- from ṇr-):—man, opposed to woman (ἄνθρωπος being man as opposed to to beast), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.435, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.323] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without male children, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877e; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also of free men; ἀ δήμου one of the people, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.198, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.352] Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.61; ἀ. βασιλεύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.253; ἡγήτορες ἄ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.687. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II man, opposed to god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [[[prev. work] 1.544, +others] Refs]; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [[[prev. work] 334, compare 403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: most common in plural, yet sometimes in singular, e.g. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.432:—frequently with a Noun added, βροτοί, θνητοὶ ἄ., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.197, 10.306; ἄ. ἡμίθεοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.23; ἄ. ἥρωες [prev. work] 5.746] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also of men, opposed to monsters, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.303] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—of men in societies and cities, οὔτε παρ᾽ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ᾽ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and so probably, ἄλλοτε μέν τ᾽ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο.., ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας..[[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 142. ] Refs]