άντρας
GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- άνδρας (ándras) (usually in written language)
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from the mediaeval Byzantine Greek ἄντρας (ántras), from the Ancient Greek ἄνδρα (ándra), accusative singular or ἀνήρ (anḗr), retaining the ancient pronunciation [nd] of ⟨νδ⟩ written as ⟨ντ⟩. [1][2] Compare to άνδρας (ándras).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
άντρας • (ántras) m (plural άντρες) (usually in spoken language)
- man (adult male)
- Synonym: ἀνήρ (anḗr) (ancient and Katharevousa)
- Antonym: γυναίκα (gynaíka)
- husband
- Synonyms: παντρεμένος (pantreménos), σύζυγος (sýzygos)
- Antonyms: γυναίκα (gynaíka), παντρεμένη (pantreméni)
DeclensionEdit
declension of άντρας
Related termsEdit
- and see: άνδρας m (ándras, “man”)
- αντράκι n (antráki, “whippersnapper”)
- άντρακλας m (ántraklas, “stalwart, lusty man”)
- αντρειεύω (antreiévo, “to mature into a man”)
- αντρειοσύνη f (antreiosýni, “bravery”)
- αντρειωμένος (antreioménos, “gallant, brave”, adjective)
- αντρίκειος (antríkeios, “manly”, adjective)
- αντρίκιος (antríkios, “manly”, adjective)
- αντρικός (antrikós, “male”, adjective)
- αντρογυναίκα f (antrogynaíka, “manly woman”)
- αντρόγυνο n (antrógyno, “couple, married couple”)
- αντρολόϊ n (antrolóï, “menfolk”)
- αντροπαρέα f (antroparéa, “group of men, stag party”)
- αντρόπιαστος (antrópiastos, “not dishonoured”, adjective)
- αντρούλης n (antroúlis, “husband”, familiar)
- αντροφέρνω (antroférno, “to look like a man”)
- αντρώνομαι (antrónomai, “to mature into a man”)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ άντρας in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “άντρας”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre