άνδρας
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Greek
Alternative forms
- άντρας (ántras) (more frequent in spoken language)
Etymology
Learned influence on άντρας (ántras),[1] with ⟨νδ⟩ as in the ἄνδρα (ándra), accusative singular of ἀνήρ (anḗr) pronounced in Modern Greek as . Compare to the pronunciation of the inherited άντρας (ántras).
Pronunciation
Noun
άνδρας • (ándras) m (plural άνδρες)
- a more formal alternative of άντρας (ántras)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | άνδρας (ándras) | άνδρες (ándres) |
| genitive | άνδρα (ándra) | ανδρών (andrón) |
| accusative | άνδρα (ándra) | άνδρες (ándres) |
| vocative | άνδρα (ándra) | άνδρες (ándres) |
Coordinate terms
- Ancient Greek: ἄρσην (ársēn, “male”)
- αρσενικός (arsenikós, “masculine, male”) (grammatical and biological gender)
Related terms
- ανανδρία f (anandría, “unmanliness, cowardice”)
- ανδραγάθημα n (andragáthima, “act of prowess”)
- ανδραγαθία f (andragathía, “bravery”)
- ανδραγαθώ (andragathó, “to fight bravely”)
- ανδραποδίζω (andrapodízo, “to enslave”)
- ανδραποδισμός m (andrapodismós, “enslavement”)
- ανδράποδο n (andrápodo, “slave”)
- ανδρεία f (andreía, “bravery”)
- ανδρείκελο f (andreíkelo, “puppet, dummy”)
- ανδρείος (andreíos, “brave”, adjective)
- ανδριάντας m (andriántas, “statue”)
- ανδρικός (andrikós, “male, masculine”, adjective)
- ανδρισμός m (andrismós, “masculinity, manhood”)
- ανδρογυναίκα f (androgynaíka, “amazon”)
- ανδρόγυνο n (andrógyno, “man and wife”)
- ανδρόγυνος m (andrógynos, “hermaphodite”)
- ανδροκρατία f (androkratía, “male domination”)
- ανδροκρατούμαι (androkratoúmai, “to be male dominated”)
- ανδροκρατούμενος (androkratoúmenos, “male dominated”)
- ανδρόπαυση f (andrópafsi, “male menopause”)
- ανδροπρέπεια f (androprépeia, “manliness”)
- ανδροπρεπής (androprepís, “manly”, adjective)
- ανδρώνομαι (andrónomai, “to reach manhood, to mature”)
- αντρίκειος (antríkeios, “courageous, manly”, adjective)
- αύτανδρος (áftandros, “all hands”, adjective)
- and see: άντρας m (ántras, “man”)
References
- ^ άνδρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
άνδρας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
