andron

English

Etymology

Latin andron, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρών (andrṓn).

Noun

andron (plural androns or androns)

1. (architecture, historical) In Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, the apartment reserved for males, in the lower part of the house.

Translations

room or house reserved for males

• Portuguese: andron m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “andron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Dornan, randon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρών (andrṓn).

Noun

andrōn m (genitive andrōnis); third declension

1. hallway, passageway, corridor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	andrōn	andrōnēs
Genitive	andrōnis	andrōnum
Dative	andrōnī	andrōnibus
Accusative	andrōnem	andrōnēs
Ablative	andrōne	andrōnibus
Vocative	andrōn	andrōnēs

References

• “andron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• andron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “andron”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “andron”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “andron”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “andron”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾon/

Noun

andron m (plural androns)

1. (historical) andron (room or house reserved for males)