ἀνδρεία, ἡ,
Ionic dialect ἀνδρηίη [[(5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99)] Refs 5th c.BC+], generally written ἀνδρία in the Mss., in agreement with the opinion of [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 136.8, refuted by Orusap. “Etymologicum Magnum” 461.53:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —ἀνδρεία is required by the metre in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 510] Refs 5th c.BC+], and may always stand in the few poetry passages where it occurs [[(4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 58, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 52, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 983, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 674): ἀνδρία is required in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 475 μέγα φρονῶν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρίᾳ (assuming variant, εὐανδρίᾳ Elmsley): ἀνδρεία is also confirmed by the _Ionic dialect_ form ἀνδρηίη] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—manliness, manly spirit, opposed to δειλία, [prev. cited],[[compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b11, “EN” 1115a6] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of women, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 983, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260a22; ἀνδρεία ἡ περὶ τὰς ναυτιλίας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.1.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in plural, brave deeds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 922a; ironically, αἱ διὰ τῶν λόγων ἀνδρεῖαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 45. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in bad sense, hardihood, insolence, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator Chr. 12.13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III ={ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἡλικία}, Antipho.Soph.67a.
__IV membrum virile, [[ 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.45. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]