ἄνανδρος
See also: άνανδρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, husband”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.nan.dros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
Adjective
ἄνανδρος • (ánandros) m or f (neuter ἄνανδρον); second declension
Usage notes
When referring to marital status, ἄνανδρος is used only for females; ἄγαμος (ágamos) is used for males.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρος ắnăndros |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρον ắnăndron |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδροι ắnăndroi |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρᾰ ắnăndră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρου ănắndrou |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρου ănắndrou |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροιν ănắndroin |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροιν ănắndroin |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρων ănắndrōn |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρων ănắndrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρῳ ănắndrōi |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρῳ ănắndrōi |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροιν ănắndroin |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροιν ănắndroin |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροις ănắndrois |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδροις ănắndrois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρον ắnăndron |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρον ắnăndron |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρους ănắndrous |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρᾰ ắnăndră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρε ắnăndre |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρον ắnăndron |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρω ănắndrō |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδροι ắnăndroi |
ᾰ̓́νᾰνδρᾰ ắnăndră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓νᾰ́νδρως ănắndrōs |
ᾰ̓νᾰνδρότερος ănăndróteros |
ᾰ̓νᾰνδρότᾰτος ănăndrótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀνανδρίᾱ (anandríā)
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἄνανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄνανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄνανδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄνανδρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cowardly idem, page 181.
- depopulated idem, page 212.
- desolate idem, page 216.
- effeminate idem, page 262.
- faint-hearted idem, page 302.
- husbandless idem, page 412.
- man idem, page 510.
- single idem, page 777.
- spinster idem, page 802.
- unmanly idem, page 925.
- unmarried idem, page 925.
- widow idem, page 978.
- womanish idem, page 986.