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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anḗr, andrós, “man”) + -ίς (-ís).
Noun
ἀνδρίς • (andrís) f (genitive ἀνδρίδος); third declension
- (hapax, Koine) woman
- Synonym: γυνή (gunḗ)
- 2nd–3th c. CE, Symmachus interpres Veteris Testamenti, Genesis 2:23[1]:
αὕτη κληθήσεται ἀνδρὶς, ὅτι ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἐλήφθη αὕτη.- haútē klēthḗsetai andrìs, hóti apò andròs elḗphthē haútē.
- she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man.
Usage notes
- Used to preserve the sense of the line from Genesis with original Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʾiššā, “woman”) from אִישׁ (ʾîš, “man”). Most commonly translated simply as γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”), while some translators have added a gloss to the original Hebrew term, transcribed as ἐσσά (essá). Has also been translated as λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking hold”), as also Latin assumptio, in reference to how she was “taken out of man”.
References
- ^ Fields, F., editor (1875), Origenis Hexaplorum , volume 1, Oxford, page 15