androgynus

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English

Etymology

From Latin androgynus.

Noun

androgynus (plural androgyni)

  1. A hermaphrodite.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos, “hermaphrodite”), from ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

androgynus m (genitive androgynī); second declension

  1. hermaphrodite

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative androgynus androgynī
genitive androgynī androgynōrum
dative androgynō androgynīs
accusative androgynum androgynōs
ablative androgynō androgynīs
vocative androgyne androgynī

References

  • “androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • androgynus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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