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ἀνδρόγυνος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: androgynos

Principal Part: ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρόγυνος ἀνδρόγυνον

Structure: ἀνδρογυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἀνήρ, γυνή

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

  • ὀκνηροὺς καταβάλλει φόβος, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 18:8)
  • δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρόγυνον, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀεργοῦ πεινάσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 19:13)
  • οὐκοῦν ἐλελήθει ἡμᾶς ἀνδρόγυνος ὤν· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:3)
  • 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)
  • Οὐκοῦν ἀλλὰ προσπτύσομαί γε πάντως ἀνδρογύνῳ γε ὄντι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:6)
  • ὁμολόγησον ἀνδρόγυνος εἶναι καὶ μὴ ἐλεύθερος ἐναντίον τούτων. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1273)
  • ἔπειτα ποιοῦσι παραπλήσιον ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις ἀνδρόγυνος ἢ εὐνοῦχος μὴ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ σώματος μηδὲ τὴν τύχην αἰτιῷτο, προνοίᾳ δὲ φάσκοι γενέσθαι τοιοῦτος. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:10)

Synonyms

  1. a man who is womanish

  2. common to men and women

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