ἄνανδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) +‎ ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, husband”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.nan.dros/ → /ˈa.nan.dros/ → /ˈa.nan.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nan.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nan.dros/

Adjective

ἄνανδρος • (ánandros) m or f (neuter ἄνανδρον); second declension

1. (of a man or a thing) unmanly; cowardly
2. (of a woman) without a husband: not married

Usage notes

When referring to marital status, ἄνανδρος is used only for females; ἄγαμος (ágamos) is used for males.

Inflection

Second declension of ἄνανδρος; ἄνανδρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄνανδρος ánandros	ἄνανδρον ánandron		ἀνάνδρω anándrō	ἀνάνδρω anándrō		ἄνανδροι ánandroi	ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra
Genitive		ἀνάνδρου anándrou	ἀνάνδρου anándrou		ἀνάνδροιν anándroin	ἀνάνδροιν anándroin		ἀνάνδρων anándrōn	ἀνάνδρων anándrōn
Dative		ἀνάνδρῳ anándrōi	ἀνάνδρῳ anándrōi		ἀνάνδροιν anándroin	ἀνάνδροιν anándroin		ἀνάνδροις anándrois	ἀνάνδροις anándrois
Accusative		ἄνανδρον ánandron	ἄνανδρον ánandron		ἀνάνδρω anándrō	ἀνάνδρω anándrō		ἀνάνδρους anándrous	ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra
Vocative		ἄνανδρε ánandre	ἄνανδρον ánandron		ἀνάνδρω anándrō	ἀνάνδρω anándrō		ἄνανδροι ánandroi	ἄνανδρᾰ ánandra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνάνδρως anándrōs			ἀνανδρότερος anandróteros			ἀνανδρότᾰτος anandrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: anandrous

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 (2006–2024)
• 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.