ἀνήρ, ὁ, ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα,
vocative ἄνερ:
plural ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι [ᾰ], -dras:
Aeolic dialect dative plural ἄνδρεσι[
Refs 7th c.BC+] for οἱ ἄνδρε; the
Ionic dialect crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] [
Epic dialect Poets mostly use ᾱ in arsi, ᾰ in thesi; but in
trisyllable forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ; so also Trag. in Lyric poetry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] in
nominative by analogy; cf. Sanskrit
nar- from I.-[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
ner, nṛ- from
nṛ, Gk. ἀνδρ- from
ṇr-):—
man, opposed to
woman (ἄνθρωπος being
man as opposed to to
beast), [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without
male children, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of princes, leaders, etc, but also of
free men; ἀ δήμου
one of the people, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II)
man, opposed to
god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [
Refs]; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: most common in
plural, yet sometimes in
singular, e.g. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also of
men, opposed to
monsters, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—of
men in societies and cities, οὔτε παρ᾽ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ᾽ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; and so probably, ἄλλοτε μέν τ᾽ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας.[
Refs]
III)
man, opposed to
youth, unless the context determines the meaning, as in οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἀ. alone always means
a man in the prime of life, especially
warrior, ἀ. ἕλεν ἄνδρα[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; the several ages are given as παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ, πρεσβύτης[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opposed to παῖδες, [
Refs]
IV)
man emphatically,
man indeed, ἀνέρες ἄστε, φίλοι[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσι not
like a man, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν 'tis
the part of a man, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V)
husband, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also of
a paramour, opposed to πόσις, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI) Special usages:
VI.1) joined with titles, professions, etc, ἰητρὸς ἀ.[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with names of nations, as Φοίνικες ἄ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ ἄνδρες
gentlemen of the jury, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in Comedy, ἄ. ἰχθύες[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2) ὁ ἀνήρ, by crasis
Attic dialect ἁνήρ,
Ionic dialect ὡνήρ, is frequently used emphatically for αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes so in oblique cases without the
Article, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but not in Prose.
VI.3) ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ᾽ ἀ, in Trag, ={ἐγώ}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.4) πᾶς ἀ. every
man, every
one, frequently in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.5)
a man, any man, εἶτ᾽ ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊένα;[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς. ἐσθ᾽ ὁ πλοῦς 'tis not
every one that can go, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VI.6) ὦ δαιμόνι᾽ ἀνδρῶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; and often with a
superlative, ὦ φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.7) κατ᾽ ἄνδρα
viritim, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τοὺς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα
individuals, opposed to κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI.8) In [
LXX]; ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται
'each to his fellow', of leviathan's scales, [
LXX]; with
negatives, ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω[
Refs]
any one, Le. [
Refs]
VI.9) ἄνδρας γράφειν· τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
VII)
male animal, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]