ἀνδρεῖος

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Ancient GreekEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ἀνδρήϊος (andrḗïos) (Ionic)

EtymologyEdit

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /an.drêː.os/ → /anˈðri.os/ → /aˈdri.os/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /an.drêː.os/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdri.os/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈðri.os/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈðri.os/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈdri.os/

AdjectiveEdit

ἀνδρεῖος • (andreîos) m (feminine ἀνδρεία, neuter ανδρεῖον); first/second declension

1. Of or pertaining to a man
2. manly, masculine, strong
3. brave, courageous

   Antonyms: δειλός (deilós)

4. stubborn

Usage notesEdit

Excepting the first sense, this word was applied not only to men, but not uncommonly to women as well as deeds, animals, and objects.

InflectionEdit

Declension of ἀνδρεῖος; ἀνδρείᾱ; ἀνδρεῖον

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνδρεῖος	ἀνδρείᾱ	ἀνδρεῖον		ἀνδρείω	ἀνδρείᾱ	ἀνδρείω		ἀνδρεῖοι	ἀνδρεῖαι	ἀνδρεῖᾰ
Genitive		ἀνδρείου	ἀνδρείᾱς	ἀνδρείου		ἀνδρείοιν	ἀνδρείαιν	ἀνδρείοιν		ἀνδρείων	ἀνδρείων	ἀνδρείων
Dative		ἀνδρείῳ	ἀνδρείᾳ	ἀνδρείῳ		ἀνδρείοιν	ἀνδρείαιν	ἀνδρείοιν		ἀνδρείοις	ἀνδρείαις	ἀνδρείοις
Accusative		ἀνδρεῖον	ἀνδρείᾱν	ἀνδρεῖον		ἀνδρείω	ἀνδρείᾱ	ἀνδρείω		ἀνδρείους	ἀνδρείᾱς	ἀνδρεῖᾰ
Vocative		ἀνδρεῖε	ἀνδρείᾱ	ἀνδρεῖον		ἀνδρείω	ἀνδρείᾱ	ἀνδρείω		ἀνδρεῖοι	ἀνδρεῖαι	ἀνδρεῖᾰ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀνδρείως				ἀνδρειότερος				ἀνδρειότᾰτος
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ReferencesEdit

• ἀνδρεῖος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνδρεῖος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἀνδρεῖος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «ἀνδρεῖος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2017)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bold idem, page 88.
  • brave idem, page 93.
  • courageous idem, page 178.
  • gallant idem, page 352.
  • man idem, page 510.
  • manly idem, page 512.
  • redoubtable idem, page 684.
  • stout idem, page 821.
  • sturdy idem, page 830.