ἀνδράποδον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”). Could also be from ἀνήρ (anḗr) + ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi, “I pay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.drá.po.don/ → /anˈdra.po.ðon/ → /anˈdra.po.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.drá.po.don/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdra.po.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdra.po.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdra.po.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdra.po.ðon/

Noun

ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδον • (andrápodon) n (genitive ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδου); second declension

1. slave, especially one made in war, captive

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδον; τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδον tò andrápodon	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδω tṑ andrapódō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδᾰ tà andrápoda
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδου toû andrapódou	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδοιν toîn andrapódoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδων tôn andrapódōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδῳ tôi andrapódōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδοιν toîn andrapódoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδοις toîs andrapódois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδον tò andrápodon	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδω tṑ andrapódō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδᾰ tà andrápoda
Vocative	ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδον andrápodon	ᾰ̓νδρᾰπόδω andrapódō	ᾰ̓νδρᾰ́ποδᾰ andrápoda
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• δοῦλος (doûlos)

Derived terms

• ἀνδραποδίζω (andrapodízō)

References

• “ἀνδράποδον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνδράποδον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀνδράποδον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀνδράποδον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδράποδον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀνδράποδον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • slave idem, page 782.