ἀνδρών

See also: ανδρών, ἀνδρῶν, and ανδρων.

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾰ̓νδρειών (ăndreiṓn), ᾰ̓νδρεών (ăndreṓn)

Etymology

From ᾰ̓νήρ (ănḗr, “man”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓νδρών • (ăndrṓn) m (genitive ᾰ̓νδρῶνος); third declension

  1. andron (men's apartment in a house or banqueting-hall)
    Antonym: γῠναικών (gŭnaikṓn)
    • 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, tōî andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tōî 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.
  2. (Koine) hallway between two rooms or patios in a house

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓νδρών; τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓νδρών
ho ăndrṓn 		τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῶνε
tṑ ăndrône 		οἱ ᾰ̓νδρῶνες
hoi ăndrônes
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῶνος
toû ăndrônos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρώνοιν
toîn ăndrṓnoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓νδρώνων
tôn ăndrṓnōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓νδρῶνῐ
tōî ăndrônĭ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρώνοιν
toîn ăndrṓnoin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓νδρῶσῐ / ᾰ̓νδρῶσῐν
toîs ăndrôsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓νδρῶνᾰ
tòn ăndrônă 		τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῶνε
tṑ ăndrône 		τοὺς ᾰ̓νδρῶνᾰς
toùs ăndrônăs
Vocative ᾰ̓νδρών
ăndrṓn 		ᾰ̓νδρῶνε
ăndrône 		ᾰ̓νδρῶνες
ăndrônes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓νδρώνῐον (ăndrṓnĭon)
  • ᾰ̓νδρωνῖτῐς (ăndrōnîtĭs)

Descendants

  • Greek: ανδρωνίτης (andronítis)
  • → Latin: andrōn

Further reading

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