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ἀνδρόγυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρόγυνον

Structure: ἀνδρογυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r, gunh/

Sense

  1. (in masculine, substantive), hermaphrodite
  2. a man who is womanish, weak, effeminate
  3. common to men and women
  4. (in neuter, substantive, Byzantine law) matrimony

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ ἦν δυνατὸν παρὰ τῶν γυναικῶν προσλαβεῖν τὰ ἕτερα, δῆλον ὅτι παντελῶσ τότ’ ἂν ἦμεν εὐδαίμονεσ, οὐ καθάπερ νῦν ἐνδεεῖσ ὄντεσ, ἀλλ’ ὁλόκληροί τινεσ καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἀνδρόγυνοι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 83:4)
  • οἱ δὲ Ἐνάρεεσ οἱ ἀνδρόγυνοι τὴν Ἀφροδίτην σφίσι λέγουσι μαντικὴν δοῦναι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 67 3:2)
  • λέγων ὡσ, ἐὰν μὲν ἄνδρεσ ὦσιν, οὐκ ἀπορήσουσι συμμάχων, ἐὰν δ’ ἀνδρόγυνοι, κυρίων. (Polybius, Histories, book 38, chapter 12 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. a man who is womanish

  2. common to men and women

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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