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ἀνήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνήρ ανδρός

Structure: ἀνερ (Stem)

Etym.: Root ANER

Sense

  1. man (adult male)
  2. husband

Declension

Third declension

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

  • Άνδρασ μὲν πόλισ ἥδε ποθεῖ καὶ δῆμοσ Ἐρεχθεέωσ, πρόσθε Ποτειδαίασ οἳ θάνον ἐν προμάχοισ, παῖδεσ Ἀθηναίων, ψύχασ δ’ ἀντίρροπα θέντεσ ἠλλάξαντ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ πατρίδ’ εὐκλέϊσαν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters132)
  • εἶπε δὲ βασιλεὺσ Σοδόμων πρὸσ Ἅβραμ. δόσ μοι τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, τὴν δὲ ἵππον λάβε σεαυτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:21)
  • εἰσὶ δέ μοι δύο θυγατέρεσ, αἳ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἄνδρα. ἐξάξω αὐτὰσ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, καὶ χρᾶσθε αὐταῖσ, καθὰ ἂν ἀρέσκῃ ὑμῖν. μόνον εἰσ τοὺσ ἀνδρασ τούτουσ μὴ ποιήσητε ἄδικον, οὗ εἵνεκεν εἰσῆλθον ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην τῶν δοκῶν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:8)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ ὄντασ ἐπὶ τῆσ θύρασ τοῦ οἴκου ἐπάταξαν ἐν ἀορασίᾳ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕωσ μεγάλου, καὶ παρελύθησαν ζητοῦντεσ τὴν θύραν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:11)
  • συνήγαγε δὲ Λάβαν πάντασ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τοῦ τόπου καὶ ἐποίησε γάμον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:22)
  • ἦλθε δὲ Ἐμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ τὴν πύλην τῆσ πόλεωσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τῆσ πόλεωσ αὐτῶν λέγοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:20)

Synonyms

  1. man

  2. husband

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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