Ἀνδρόνικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓νδρο- (andro-, “man”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare Νῑ́κᾰνδρος (Nī́kandros), which contains the same components in the opposite order.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dró.niː.kos/ → /anˈdro.ni.kos/ → /anˈdro.ni.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dró.niː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ni.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ni.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ni.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ni.kos/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκος • (Andrónīkos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓νδρονῑ́κου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andronicus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓νδρονῑ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκος ho Andrónīkos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓νδρονῑ́κου toû Andronī́kou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓νδρονῑ́κῳ tôi Andronī́kōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκον tòn Andrónīkon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκε Andrónīke
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ανδρόνικος (Andrónikos)
• Latin: Andronīcus
• Russian: Андро́ник (Andrónik)
• Spanish: Andrónico
• Albanian: Ndrek, Donikë (feminine)

References

• Ἀνδρόνικος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)