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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

  • διόπερ ἀνδρείωσ μὲν νῦν διαλλάξασ τὸν βίον τοῦ μὲν γήρωσ ἄξιοσ φανήσομαι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:27)
  • τῇ δὲ πληγῇ μὴ κατευθικτήσασ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ σπουδὴν καὶ τῶν ὄχλων εἴσω τῶν θυρωμάτων εἰσβαλόντων, ἀναδραμὼν γενναίωσ ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ, κατεκρήμνισεν ἑαυτὸν ἀνδρείωσ εἰσ τοὺσ ὄχλουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:43)
  • πρὸσ ἅπερ ἀνδρείωσ μάλα στεφανωσάμενοσ καὶ καθαρὸν ἱμάτιον ἀναλαβὼν καὶ παρελθὼν εἰσ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὰ μὲν ἐμμελῶσ, τὰ δὲ καὶ τραχύτερον ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ προαίρεσιν ἀπελογήσατο· (Lucian, (no name) 11:3)
  • ὑμεῖσ μὲν γοῦν οἱ κιττῶντεσ τῆσ εἰρήνησ σπᾶτ’ ἀνδρείωσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, antistrophe 214)
  • ἀλλὰ φυλάττετε ταῦτ’ ἀνδρείωσ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, prelude3)

Synonyms

  1. Of or pertaining to a man

  2. manly

  3. stubborn

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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