A). ἄνδρεσι Alc. Supp. 14.8 : late nom. sg. ἄνδρας Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.109.7 : in Att. the Art. often forms a crasis with the Noun, ἁνήρ for ὁ ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρί for τοῦ ἀνδρός, etc., ἅνδρες for οἱ ἄνδρες; the Ion. crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, Hdt. 4.161 , 134 : Ep. also ἀνέρα, ἀνέρος, ἀνέρι, dual ἀνέρε, pl. ἀνέρες, ἀνέρας, ἄνδρεσσι. [ Ep. Poets mostly use ᾱ in arsi, ᾰ in thesi; but in trisyll. forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ᾱ; so also Trag. in lyr., S. Tr. 1011 , OT 869 . But in Trag. senarians ᾰ always.](ἀ- in nom. by analogy; cf. Skt. nar- from I.- E. ner-, nṛ- from nṛ-, Gk. ἀνδρ- from ṇr-):—man, opp. woman (ἄνθρωπος being man as opp. to beast), Il. 17.435 , Od. 21.323 ; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without male children, Pl. Lg. 877e ; in Hom. mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also of free men; ἀ δήμου one of the people, Il. 2.198 , cf. Od. 17.352 ; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος Il. 2.61 ; ἀ. βασιλεύς Od. 24.253 ; ἡγήτορες ἄ. Il. 11.687 .

II). man, opp. god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε ib. 1.544 , al.; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν ib. 334 , cf. 403 , Hdt. 5.63 , etc.: most common in pl., yet sts. in sg., e.g. Il. 18.432 :—freq. with a Noun added, βροτοί, θνητοὶ ἄ., Od. 5.197 , 10.306 ; ἄ. ἡμίθεοι Il. 12.23 ; ἄ. ἥρωες ib. 5.746 :—also of men, opp. monsters, Od. 21.303 :—of men in societies and cities, οὔτε παρ’ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ’ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις Pi. O. 6.10 ; and so prob., ἄλλοτε μέν τ’ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο .., ἄλλοτε δ’ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας .. h.Ap. 142 .

III). man, opp. youth, unless the context determines the meaning, as in οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα Od. 18.53 ; but ἀ. alone always means a man in the prime of life, esp. warrior, ἀ. ἕλεν ἄνδρα Il. 15.328 ; so ἀ. ἀντ’ ἀνδρὸς ἐλύθησαν Th. 2.103 ; the several ages are given as παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ., πρεσβύτης X. Smp. 4.17 ; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν, D. 19.230 , Isoc. 12.212 ; εἰς ἄνδρας ἀναβῆναι BMus.Inscr. 898 ; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opp. παῖδες, IG 22.1138.10 , etc.

IV). man emphatically, man indeed, ἀνέρες ἄστε, φίλοι Il. 5.529 ; freq. in Hdt., πολλοὶ μὲν ἄνθρωποι, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἄνδρες 7.210 ; πρόσθεν οὐκ ἀ. ὅδ’ ἦν; S. Aj. 77 ; ἄνδρα γίγνεσθαί σε χρή E. El. 693 ; ἀ. γεγένησαι δῑ ἐμέ Ar. Eq. 1255 ; ὃ μαθὼν ἀ. ἔσει Id. Nu. 823 ; ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν Id. Ach. 77 ; εἰ ἄνδρες εἶεν οἱ στρατηγοί Th. 4.27 ; οὐκέτι ἀ. ἀλλὰ σκευοφόρος X. Cyr. 4.2.25 ; τὸν Αυκομήδην .. μόνον ἄνδρα ἡγοῦντο Id. HG 7.1.24 ; οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσι not like a man, E. Alc. 723 , cf. 732 ; ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν 'tis the part of a man .., Men. 771 , etc.

V). husband, Il. 19.291 , Od. 24.196 , Hdt. 1.146 , etc.; εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἡκούσης τῆς κόρης Pl. Criti. 113d ; so ἐξοικιεῖν εἰς ἀνδρὸς [οἶκον] θυγατέρα Luc. Lex. 11 :—also of a paramour, opp. πόσις, S. Tr. 551 , cf. E. Hipp. 491 , Theoc. 15.131 ; ἀ. ἁπασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν ἐστι νῦν Pherecr. 155 ; αἰγῶν ἄνερ Theoc. 8.49 .

VI). Special usages:

1). joined with titles, professions, etc., ἰητρὸς ἀ. Il. 11.514 ; ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός, Hdt. 6.83 , 92 (dub.); ἀ. νομεύς S. OT 1118 ; ἄνδρες λοχῖται, λῃσταί, ἀσπιστῆρες, ib. 751 , 842 , Aj. 565 ; esp. in disparagement, κλῶπες ἄ. E. Rh. 645 ; ἀ. δημότης S. Ant. 690 ; with names of nations, as Φοίνικες ἄ. Hdt. 4.42 ; ἀ. Θρῇξ E. Hec. 19 ,al.; esp. in addresses, ἄ. ἔφοροι Hdt. 9.9 ; ἄ. πολῖται S. OT 513 ; ἄ. δικασταί D. 21.1 , etc.; ὦ ἄνδρες gentlemen of the jury, Antipho 1.1 , Lys. 1.1 , etc.; ὦ ἄ. Ἀθηναῖοι Id. 6.8 , etc.: hence in Comedy, ἄ. ἰχθύες Archipp. 29 ; ἄ. θεοί Luc. JTr. 15 ; ὦ ἄ. κύνες Ath. 4.160b .

2). ὁ ἀνήρ, by crasis Att. ἁνήρ, Ion. ὡνήρ, is freq. used emphatically for αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος Ar. V. 269 , prob. in Pl. Sph. 216b , etc.: sts. so in oblique cases without the Art., S. Tr. 55 , 109 , 293 , etc.; but not in Prose.

3). ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ’ ἀ., in Trag., = ἐγώ , S. Aj. 78 , E. Alc. 690 , etc.

4). πᾶς ἀ. every man, every one, freq. in Pl. Lg. 736c , al., cf. E. Or. 1523 .

5). a man, any man, εἶτ’ ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊέναι; Ar. Nu. 1214 ; οὐ πρέπει νοῦν ἔχοντι ἀνδρί Pl. Phd. 114d , etc.; οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς .. ἐσθ’ ὁ πλοῦς 'tis not every one that can go, Nicol.Com. 1.26 .

6). ὦ δαιμόνῑ ἀνδρῶν Eup. 316 ; and often with a Sup., ὦ φίλτατ’ ἀνδρῶν Phryn.Com. 80 , etc.

7). κατ’ ἄνδρα viritim, Isoc. 12.180 , POxy. 1047 iii 11 , BGU 145.5 , etc.; so τοὺς κατ’ ἄνδρα individuals, opp. κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν, D.Chr. 32.6 .

8). In LXX , ἀνήρ = ἕκαστος, δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον Jd. 8.24 ; ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται 'each to his fellow', of leviathan's scales, Jb. 41.8 ; also ἀ. εἷς 4 Ki. 6.2 ; with negs., ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω ib. 10.19 ; ἀνὴρ ἀνήρ any one, Le. 15.2 .

9). ἄνδρας γράφειν· τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν, Hsch.

VII). male animal, Arist. HA 637b15 .