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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

  • ὀκνηροὺσ καταβάλλει φόβοσ, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 18:8)
  • "οὐ γὰρ νῦν αἰτεῖ πρῶτον βωμὸν ὁ Ἔρωσ καὶ θυσίαν οὐδ’ ἔπηλυσ ἔκ τινοσ βαρβαρικῆσ δεισιδαιμονίασ, ὥσπερ Ἄτται τινὲσ καὶ Ἀδώνιοι λεγόμενοι, δι’ ἀνδρογύνων καὶ γυναικῶν παραδύεται κρύφα τιμὰσ οὐ προσηκούσασ καρπούμενοσ, ὥστε παρεισγραφῆσ δίκην φεύγειν καὶ νοθείασ τῆσ ἐν θεοῖσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 13 2:5)
  • οὐχὶ τῶν ἀνδρογύνων; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 50:2)

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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