ἀνδριάς

See also: Ανδριάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ῐᾱ́ς (-ĭā́s). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀇𐀪𐀊𐀳 (a-di-ri-ja-te), 𐀀𐀇𐀪𐀊𐀠 (a-di-ri-ja-pi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dri.ǎːs/ → /an.driˈas/ → /an.driˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dri.ǎːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.driˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.driˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.driˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.driˈas/

Noun

ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς • (ăndrĭā́s) m (genitive ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντος or ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντος); third declension

1. image of a man, statue, puppet

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς; τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς ho ăndrĭā́s	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντε tṑ ăndrĭắnte	οἱ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντες hoi ăndrĭắntes
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντος toû ăndrĭắntos	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn ăndrĭắntoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντων tôn ăndrĭắntōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντῐ tôi ăndrĭắntĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn ăndrĭắntoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶσῐ / ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶσῐν toîs ăndrĭâsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντᾰ tòn ăndrĭắntă	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντε tṑ ăndrĭắnte	τοὺς ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντᾰς toùs ăndrĭắntăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ν ăndrĭắn	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντε ăndrĭắnte	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾰ́ντες ăndrĭắntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς; τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς ho ăndrĭā́s	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντε tṑ ăndrĭânte	οἱ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντες hoi ăndrĭântes
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντος toû ăndrĭântos	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ντοιν toîn ăndrĭā́ntoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ντων tôn ăndrĭā́ntōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντῐ tôi ăndrĭântĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ντοιν toîn ăndrĭā́ntoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶσῐ / ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶσῐν toîs ăndrĭâsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντᾰ tòn ăndrĭântă	τὼ ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντε tṑ ăndrĭânte	τοὺς ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντᾰς toùs ăndrĭântăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ν ăndrĭā́n	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντε ăndrĭânte	ᾰ̓νδρῐᾶντες ăndrĭântes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ανδριάντας (andriántas)
• Hebrew: אַנְדַּרְטָה (andarta)

References

• “ἀνδριάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνδριάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνδριάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδριάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀνδριάς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dummy idem, page 256.
  • effigy idem, page 263.
  • figure idem, page 319.
  • image idem, page 416.
  • statue idem, page 813.