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ἀνδρεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδρεῖος ἀνδρείᾱ ανδρεῖον

Structure: ἀνδρει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r

Sense

  1. Of or pertaining to a man
  2. manly, masculine, courageous, strong
  3. stubborn

Examples

  • γλῶσσα τρίτη γυναῖκασ ἀνδρείασ ἐξέβαλε καὶ ἐστέρησεν αὐτὰσ τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 28:15)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν κυριεύειν ἀναφαίνεται, οἷον κακοηθείασ, καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀνδρείασ ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν, θυμοῦ τε καὶ πόνου καὶ φόβου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸσ κρατεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῶν τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ καὶ ἀνδρείασ καὶ σωφροσύνησ καὶ φρονήσεωσ ἐναντίων, καὶ τούτων οὐχ ὥστε αὐτὰ καταλῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὥστε αὐτοῖσ μὴ εἶξαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:6)
  • ἔτι δὲ ἀνδρείασ ἐστὶ καὶ τὸ πονεῖν καὶ καρτερεῖν καὶ αἱρεῖσθαι ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 19:1)
  • καίτοι εἰ ῥᾳθυμίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ πόνων μελέτῃ, καὶ μὴ μετὰ νόμων τὸ πλέον ἢ τρόπων ἀνδρείασ ἐθέλοιμεν κινδυνεύειν, περιγίνεται ἡμῖν τοῖσ τε μέλλουσιν ἀλγεινοῖσ μὴ προκάμνειν καὶ ἐσ αὐτὰ ἐλθοῦσι μὴ ἀτολμοτέροισ τῶν ἀεὶ μοχθούντων φαίνεσθαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 122)

Synonyms

  1. Of or pertaining to a man

  2. manly

  3. stubborn

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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