ἀνδρόγυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dró.ɡy.nos/ → /anˈdro.ʝy.nos/ → /anˈdro.ʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dró.ɡy.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ɡy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ʝy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ʝy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνος • (ăndrógŭnos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον); second declension

1. (in masculine, substantive)
   1. hermaphrodite
   2. a man who is womanish, effeminate
   3. pathic, bottom
2. common to men and women
3. (in neuter, substantive, Byzantine law) matrimony

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνος; ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνος ăndrógŭnos	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον ăndrógŭnon		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō		ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνοι ăndrógŭnoi	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ ăndrógŭnă
Genitive		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νου ăndrogŭ́nou	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νου ăndrogŭ́nou		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν ăndrogŭ́noin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν ăndrogŭ́noin		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νων ăndrogŭ́nōn	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νων ăndrogŭ́nōn
Dative		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νῳ ăndrogŭ́nōi	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νῳ ăndrogŭ́nōi		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν ăndrogŭ́noin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν ăndrogŭ́noin		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοις ăndrogŭ́nois	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοις ăndrogŭ́nois
Accusative		ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον ăndrógŭnon	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον ăndrógŭnon		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νους ăndrogŭ́nous	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ ăndrógŭnă
Vocative		ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνε ăndrógŭne	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον ăndrógŭnon		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω ăndrogŭ́nō		ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνοι ăndrógŭnoi	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ ăndrógŭnă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νως ăndrogŭ́nōs			ᾰ̓νδρογῠνώτερος ăndrogŭnṓteros			ᾰ̓νδρογῠνώτᾰτος ăndrogŭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνδρογύναιος (androgúnaios)
• ἀνδρογυνοχωριστής (androgunokhōristḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: ανδρόγυνος (andrógynos)
• → Latin: androgynus
• → Hebrew: אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס (andróginos)

Further reading

• “ἀνδρόγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνδρόγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνδρόγυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδρόγυνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)