androgynus

English

Etymology

From Latin androgynus.

Noun

androgynus (plural androgyni)

1. A hermaphrodite.

Anagrams

• gynandrous

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos, “hermaphrodite”), from ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ɡy.nus/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔɡʏnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.d͡ʒi.nus/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔːd͡ʒinus]

Noun

androgynus m (genitive androgynī); second declension

1. hermaphrodite

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	androgynus	androgynī
Genitive	androgynī	androgynōrum
Dative	androgynō	androgynīs
Accusative	androgynum	androgynōs
Ablative	androgynō	androgynīs
Vocative	androgyne	androgynī

References

• “androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• androgynus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.