Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνδρογόνος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδρογόνος

Etym.: a)nh/r, gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. begetting males

Examples

  • ἕκτη δ’ ἡ μέσση μάλ’ ἀσύμφορόσ ἐστι φυτοῖσιν, ἀνδρογόνοσ δ’ ἀγαθή· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 95:1)
  • ἐσθλὴ δ’ ἀνδρογόνοσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 95:4)
  • ἐσθλὴ δ’ ἀνδρογόνοσ δεκάτη, κούρῃ δέ τε τετρὰσ μέσση· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 96:3)

Synonyms

  1. begetting males

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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