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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

  • δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρόγυνον, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀεργοῦ πεινάσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 19:13)
  • ἀνδρόγυνον γὰρ ἓν τότε μὲν ἦν καὶ εἶδοσ καὶ ὄνομα ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων κοινὸν τοῦ τε ἄρρενοσ καὶ θήλεοσ, νῦν δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐν ὀνείδει ὄνομα κείμενον. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 149:1)
  • ὅσοι μὲν οὖν τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοῦ κοινοῦ τμῆμά εἰσιν, ὃ δὴ τότε ἀνδρόγυνον ἐκαλεῖτο, φιλογύναικέσ τέ εἰσι καὶ οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν μοιχῶν ἐκ τούτου τοῦ γένουσ γεγόνασιν, καὶ ὅσαι αὖ γυναῖκεσ φίλανδροί τε καὶ μοιχεύτριαι ἐκ τούτου τοῦ γένουσ γίγνονται. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 160:3)
  • οὗτοσ ὁρῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀγαπώμενον ἕτερον Παυσανίαν ὁμώνυμον ἑαυτῷ ὀνειδιστικοῖσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐχρήσατο λόγοισ, φήσασ ἀνδρόγυνον εἶναι καὶ τοὺσ τῶν βουλομένων ἔρωτασ ἑτοίμωσ προσδέχεσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 93 4:1)

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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