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ἀνδριάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδριάς ἀνδριάντος

Structure: ἀνδριαντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r

Sense

  1. image of a man, statue, puppet

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ νὴ Δί’ οἱ μὲν τοξεύσουσι δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἀκοντιοῦσιν, ὑμῶν δὲ ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντων οὐ καθίξεται τὰ βέλη κεχρωσμένων πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον καὶ πολὺ τὸ αἷμα πεπορισμένων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 31:2)
  • καὶ μὴν εὖ εἰδέναι χρή σε, ὡσ κἂν ἐκ περιωπῆσ μόνον ἀπίδῃσ εἰσ αὐτήν, ἀχανῆ σε καὶ τῶν ἀνδριάντων ἀκινητότερον ἀποφανεῖ. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 1:5)
  • "πολλῶν λεγόντων ‐ εἰ δὲ ἀληθέσ, ὑμεῖσ οἱ ἄνδρεσ ἴστε ‐ μηδ’ Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐξεῖναι τοῖσ νικῶσι μείζουσ τῶν σωμάτων ἀνεστάναι τοὺσ ἀνδριάντασ, ἀλλὰ ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τοὺσ Ἑλλανοδίκασ ὅπωσ μηδὲ εἷσ ὑπερβάληται τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ τὴν ἐξέτασιν τῶν ἀνδριάντων ἀκριβεστέραν γίγνεσθαι τῆσ τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἐγκρίσεωσ. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 11:2)
  • καὶ διατεταμένουσ καὶ κεχηνότασ πλάσωσι καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι βαρύτητι φωνῆσ καὶ βλέμματοσ τραχύτητι καὶ δυσκολίᾳ τρόπων καὶ ἀμιξίᾳ διαίτησ ὄγκον ἡγεμονίασ καὶ σεμνότητα μιμεῖσθαι δοκοῦσιν, οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν τῶν κολοσσικῶν διαφέροντεσ ἀνδριάντων, οἳ τὴν ἔξωθεν ἡρωικὴν καὶ θεοπρεπῆ μορφὴν ἔχοντεσ; (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 2 1:1)
  • "καὶ ὅλωσ ἀνδριάντων λιθίνων ἢ χαλκῶν μηδὲν ἡμῖν διαφερέτωσαν καὶ μήτε κήρυκα δεχώμεθα παρ’ αὐτῶν μήτε σπονδὰσ σπενδώμεθα· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:9)

Synonyms

  1. image of a man

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