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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ών (-ṓn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.drɔ̌ːn/ → /anˈdron/ → /anˈdron/
Noun
ἀνδρών • (andrṓn) m (genitive ἀνδρῶνος); third declension
- andron, men's apartment in a house, banqueting-hall
- Antonym: γυναικών (gunaikṓn)
2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata:ἄλλοι δὲ ἄνθρωποι, ὡς δοῦλοι, ἐν ἄλλοις οἰκήμασιν καθεύδουσιν, οἱ ἄνδρες ἐν ἑνὶ οἰκήματι, τῷ ἀνδρῶνι, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες ἐν ἑνὶ ἄλλῳ οἰκήματι, τῷ γυναικῶνι.- álloi dè ánthrōpoi, hōs doûloi, en állois oikḗmasin katheúdousin, hoi ándres en henì oikḗmati, tôi andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tôi gunaikôni.
- The other humans, like the slaves, sleep in the other rooms, with the men in one room—the men's quarters, and the women in one room—the women's quarters.
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