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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρόγυνον
Genitive ἀνδρογύνου ἀνδρογύνου
Dative ἀνδρογύνῳ ἀνδρογύνῳ
Accusative ἀνδρόγυνον ἀνδρόγυνον
Vocative ἀνδρόγυνε ἀνδρόγυνον
DualN/A/V ἀνδρογύνω ἀνδρογύνω
G/D ἀνδρογύνοιν ἀνδρογύνοιν
PluralNominative ἀνδρόγυνοι ἀνδρόγυνα
Genitive ἀνδρογύνων ἀνδρογύνων
Dative ἀνδρογύνοις ἀνδρογύνοις
Accusative ἀνδρογύνους ἀνδρόγυνα
Vocative ἀνδρόγυνοι ἀνδρόγυνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρογύνου ἀνδρογυνώτερος ἀνδρογυνωτέρου ἀνδρογυνώτατος ἀνδρογυνωτάτου
Adverb ἀνδρογύνως ἀνδρογυνώτερον ἀνδρογυνώτατα

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

  • ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ ἐπινεύσῃ τινὶ καὶ πλούσιον ποιῇ, πολὺ τὸ ἄκριτον ἐνταῦθα, καὶ τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ ἐνίοτε καὶ συνετοὺσ ἀφεὶσ ὁ δὲ παμπονήροισ τε καὶ ἀνοήτοισ ἀνδράσι περιχεῖ τὸν πλοῦτον, μαστιγίαισ ἢ ἀνδρογύνοισ τοῖσ πλείστοισ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 3:3)
  • ἐν ἀνδρογύνοισ καὶ κυβείασ μεθημερινὰσ καὶ αὐλήσεισ ἐν θεάτροισ, καὶ νύκτα μὲν ἐν δείπνοισ ἡμέραν δ’ ἐν ἀρίστοισ ἐπιλείπουσαν, οὐδεὶσ ἂν ἐφίκοιτο τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 18:1)
  • γάμουσ δ’ αὐτῶν ἐπαλλήλουσ ὥσπερ ἵππων ἐν ἀγέλαισ γυναικῶν ἀνέδην διημερευόντων, καὶ φθορὰσ παίδων καὶ τυμπανισμοὺσ ἐν ἀνδρογύνοισ καὶ κυβείασ μεθημερινὰσ καὶ αὐλήσεισ ἐν θεάτροισ, καὶ νύκτα μὲν ἐν δείπνοισ ἡμέραν δ’ ἐν ἀρίστοισ ἐπιλείπουσαν, οὐδεὶσ ἂν ἐφίκοιτο τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 6:3)
  • τοὔνεκεν οὐκ ἀλόγωσ με τὸν Ἑρμαφρόδιτον ἔθεντο ἀνδρογύνοισ λουτροῖσ παῖδα τὸν ἀμφίβολον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7832)

Synonyms

  1. a man who is womanish

  2. common to men and women

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