ἀνδρών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνδρειών (andreiṓn), ἀνδρεών (andreṓn)

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.drɔ̌ːn/ → /anˈdron/ → /anˈdron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.drɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdron/

Noun

ἀνδρών • (andrṓn) m (genitive ἀνδρῶνος); third declension

1. andron, men's apartment in a house, banqueting-hall

   Antonym: γυναικών (gunaikṓn)

   • 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata‎^[1]:

     ἄλλοι δὲ ἄνθρωποι, ὡς δοῦλοι, ἐν ἄλλοις οἰκήμασιν καθεύδουσιν, οἱ ἄνδρες ἐν ἑνὶ οἰκήματι, τῷ ἀνδρῶνι, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες ἐν ἑνὶ ἄλλῳ οἰκήματι, τῷ γυναικῶνι.

     álloi dè ánthrōpoi, hōs doûloi, en állois oikḗmasin katheúdousin, hoi ándres en henì oikḗmati, tôi andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tôi gunaikôni.

     The other humans, like the slaves, sleep in the other rooms, with the men in one room—the men's quarters, and the women in one room—the women's quarters.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀνδρών; τοῦ ἀνδρῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀνδρών ho andrṓn	τὼ ἀνδρῶνε tṑ andrône	οἱ ἀνδρῶνες hoi andrônes
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνδρῶνος toû andrônos	τοῖν ἀνδρώνοιν toîn andrṓnoin	τῶν ἀνδρώνων tôn andrṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνδρῶνῐ tôi andrôni	τοῖν ἀνδρώνοιν toîn andrṓnoin	τοῖς ἀνδρῶσῐ / ἀνδρῶσῐν toîs andrôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀνδρῶνᾰ tòn andrôna	τὼ ἀνδρῶνε tṑ andrône	τοὺς ἀνδρῶνᾰς toùs andrônas
Vocative	ἀνδρών andrṓn	ἀνδρῶνε andrône	ἀνδρῶνες andrônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνδρωνῖτῐς (andrōnîtis)
• ἀνδρώνῐον (andrṓnion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ανδρωνίτης (andronítis)
• → Latin: andrōn
  • → English: andron
  • → Italian: androne

Further reading

• “ἀνδρών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνδρών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνδρών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδρών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)