ἄνανδρος

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

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

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

• → English: anandrous

• “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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.