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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

  • Ἀριστόξενοσ δέ φησι τὸν μὲν ἀνδρεῖα καὶ γυναικεῖα πρόσωπα ὑποκρινόμενον μαγῳδὸν καλεῖσθαι, τὸν δὲ γυναικεῖα ἀνδρείοισ λυσιῳδὸν τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ μέλη ᾄδουσιν, καὶ τἄλλα πάντα δ’ ἐστὶν ὅμοια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 13 1:3)
  • , σώφρων δ’ ἐν μίμοισ ἀνδρείοισ βότιν καλεῖ τινα ἰχθὺν ἐν τούτοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 26 1:6)
  • καὶ Σώφρων ἐν ἀνδρείοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 28 1:1)
  • Σώφρων δ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἀνδρείοισ τριγόλασ τινὰσ ἐν τούτοισ ὀνομάζει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 125 2:4)
  • "τοῖσ ἀνδρείοισ καὶ δειλοῖσ τὰ προσήκοντα ἀποδίδωσι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 11 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. Of or pertaining to a man

  2. manly

  3. stubborn

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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