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ἄνανδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνανδρος ἄνανδρος ἄνανδρον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νανδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r

Sense

  1. unmanly; cowardly
  2. not married

Examples

  • Θήβασ δ’ ἀνάνδρουσ ὧδ’ ἄγεισ . (Euripides, episode, lyric3)
  • τοὺσ ἀνάνδρουσ καὶ ἀλογίστουσ, τοὺσ ἀτρίπτουσ καὶ ἀγυμνάστουσ, τοὺσ ἐκ νηπίων ἃσ ἔχουσι δόξασ φυλάττοντασ. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 42)
  • τοὺσ ἀνάνδρουσ καὶ ἀλογίστουσ, τοὺσ ἀτρίπτουσ καὶ ἀγυμνάστουσ, τοὺσ ἐκ νηπίων ἃσ ἔχουσι δόξασ φυλάττοντασ. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 42)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καταλαμβάνοντεσ οἱ πεζοὶ τοὺσ ἱππεῖσ ὡσ ἀνάνδρουσ καὶ προδεδωκότασ λοιδοροῦντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων ὤθουν καὶ πληγὰσ ἐδίδοσαν, δείσασ τὸν θόρυβον ἐκ τῆσ ὁδοῦ παρέκλινε τὸν ἵππον, καὶ τὴν πορφύραν, ὡσ μὴ διάσημοσ εἰή, περισπάσασ ἔθετο πρόσθεν αὑτοῦ, καὶ τὸ διάδημα διὰ χειρῶν εἶχεν. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 23 1:2)
  • "ἄρα φαύλωσ ἔχει τὰ Περσῶν, οὐδέ τισ ἐρεῖ παντάπασι κακοὺσ ἡμᾶσ οὐδ’ ἀνάνδρουσ ὑπὸ τοιούτου κρατηθέντασ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 6 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. not married

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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