ἀνδρόγυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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.ɣy.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ʝy.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνος • (andrógunos) m, f (neuter ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον); second declension

(in masculine, substantive)
1. hermaphrodite
2. a man who is womanish, weak, effeminate
3. pathic, bottom
common to men and women
(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 andrógunos	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον andrógunon	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνοι andrógunoi	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ andróguna
Genitive	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νου androgúnou	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νου androgúnou	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν androgúnoin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν androgúnoin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νων androgúnōn	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νων androgúnōn
Dative	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νῳ androgúnōi	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νῳ androgúnōi	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν androgúnoin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοιν androgúnoin	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοις androgúnois	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νοις androgúnois
Accusative	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον andrógunon	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον andrógunon	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νους androgúnous	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ andróguna
Vocative	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνε andrógune	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνον andrógunon	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νω androgúnō	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνοι andrógunoi	ᾰ̓νδρόγῠνᾰ andróguna
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓νδρογῠ́νως androgúnōs		ᾰ̓νδρογῠνώτερος androgunṓteros		ᾰ̓νδρογῠνώτᾰτος androgunṓtatos
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

→ French: androgyne
Greek: ανδρόγυνος (andrógynos)

ἀνδρόγυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading