ἀνδρών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀνδρειών (andreiṓn), ἀνδρεών (andreṓn)

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀνδρών • (andrṓn) m (genitive ἀνδρῶνος); third declension

  1. andron, men's apartment in a house, banqueting-hall
    Antonym: γυναικών (gunaikṓn)
    • 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.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀνδρών; τοῦ ἀνδρῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀνδρών
ho andrṓn 		τὼ ἀνδρῶνε
tṑ andrône 		οἱ ἀνδρῶνες
hoi andrônes
Genitive τοῦ ἀνδρῶνος
toû andrônos 		τοῖν ἀνδρώνοιν
toîn andrṓnoin 		τῶν ἀνδρώνων
tôn andrṓnōn
Dative τῷ ἀνδρῶνῐ
tōî andrônĭ 		τοῖν ἀνδρώνοιν
toîn andrṓnoin 		τοῖς ἀνδρῶσῐ / ἀνδρῶσῐν
toîs andrôsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ἀνδρῶνᾰ
tòn andrônă 		τὼ ἀνδρῶνε
tṑ andrône 		τοὺς ἀνδρῶνᾰς
toùs andrônăs
Vocative ἀνδρών
andrṓn 		ἀνδρῶνε
andrône 		ἀνδρῶνες
andrônes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀνδρώνῐον (andrṓnĭon)
  • ἀνδρωνῖτῐς (andrōnîtĭs)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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