ἄνθρωπος, ἡ,
Attic dialect crasis ἅνθρωπος, Ionic dialect ὥνθρωπος, for ὁ ἄνθρ-:— man, both as a generic term and of individuals, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], opposed to gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.442, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων the men of the east or of the west, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.29] Refs 8th c.BC+]; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest,[[[prev. work] 4.565; κόμπος οὐ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 425, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 761. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] uses it both with and without the Article to denote man generically, ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας[[ “Prt.” 322a; οὕτω.. εὐδαιμονέστατος γίγνεται ἄ. “R.” 619b, +others] Refs]; ὁ ἄ. the ideal man, humanity, ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν[[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 in plural, mankind, ἀνθρώπων.. ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.134; ἐν τῷ μακρῷ.. ἀνθρώπων χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 306] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart this life, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.26.5, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.31. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3.b joined with a superlative to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.2] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in the world, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently without a preposition, μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least of all, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629a, “Prt.” 361e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄριστά γ᾽ ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ., [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 148b, 195b, etc. ] Refs]