ἄνανδρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, husband”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.nan.dros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
Adjective
ἄνανδρος • (ánandros) m or f (neuter ἄνανδρον); second declension
- (of a man or a thing) unmanly; cowardly
- (of a woman) without a husband: not married
Usage notes
When referring to marital status, ἄνανδρος is used only for females; ἄγαμος (ágamos) is used for males.
Inflection
Second declension of ἄνανδρος; ἄνανδρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄνανδρος ánandros | ἄνανδρον ánandron | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἄνανδροι ánandroi | ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀνάνδρου anándrou | ἀνάνδρου anándrou | ἀνάνδροιν anándroin | ἀνάνδροιν anándroin | ἀνάνδρων anándrōn | ἀνάνδρων anándrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀνάνδρῳ anándrōi | ἀνάνδρῳ anándrōi | ἀνάνδροιν anándroin | ἀνάνδροιν anándroin | ἀνάνδροις anándrois | ἀνάνδροις anándrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄνανδρον ánandron | ἄνανδρον ánandron | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἀνάνδρους anándrous | ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄνανδρε ánandre | ἄνανδρον ánandron | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἀνάνδρω anándrō | ἄνανδροι ánandroi | ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀνάνδρως anándrōs | ἀνανδρότερος anandróteros | ἀνανδρότᾰτος anandrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: anandrous
Further reading
- “ἄνανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄνανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄνανδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄνανδρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cowardly idem, page 181.
- depopulated idem, page 212.
- desolate idem, page 216.
- effeminate idem, page 262.
- faint-hearted idem, page 302.
- husbandless idem, page 412.
- man idem, page 510.
- single idem, page 777.
- spinster idem, page 802.
- unmanly idem, page 925.
- unmarried idem, page 925.
- widow idem, page 978.
- womanish idem, page 986.