ἄνθρωπος, ἡ,
Attic dialect crasis ἅνθρωπος,
Ionic dialect ὥνθρωπος, for ὁ ἄνθρ-:—
man, both as a generic term and of individuals, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], opposed to
gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων
the men of the east or of the west, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 [
Refs 5th c.BC+] uses it both with and without the
Article to denote
man generically, ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας[
Refs]; ὁ ἄ.
the ideal man, humanity, ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3 in
plural,
mankind, ἀνθρώπων.. ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart
this life, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3.b joined with a
superlative to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in
the world, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently without a
preposition, μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least
of all, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄριστά γ᾽ ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ., [
Refs]
3.c τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα 'all the trouble in the world',[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4 joined with another
substantive, likeἀνήρ, ἄ. ὁδίτης [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; with names of nations, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων[
Refs]; in
Attic dialect frequently in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
5 ἅνθρωπος or ὁ ἄνθρωπος alone,
the man, the fellow, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a sense of pity, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
6 in the
vocative frequently in a contemptuous sense, as when addressed to slaves, etc., ἄνθρωπε or ὤνθρωπε
sirrah! you sir! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply,
brother, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
7 slave, ἂν ἄ. ᾖ[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας or ἀνομίας[
NT]; but τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις make
a man of, of a freed slave, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
8 ἄ. ἄ.
any one, Hebraism in [
LXX]; ἄ. like [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
man 'one', [
NT]
9 in Medicine texts, name of a
plaster, ἡ διὰ σάνδυκος ἄ. καλουμένη[
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II as
feminine,
woman, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; contemptuously, of female slaves, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a sense of pity, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —Prop. opposed to θηρίον, compare ἀνή; but opposed to γυνή, [
LXX+4th c.BC+]
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