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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

  • Οὐκοῦν ἀλλὰ προσπτύσομαί γε πάντωσ ἀνδρογύνῳ γε ὄντι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:6)
  • μνημονεύει αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν Ἀνδρογύνῳ ἢ Κρητί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 42 2:2)

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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