- ἀνδρεῖος
- ἀνδρεῖος, α, ον, [dialect] Ion. [suff] ἀνδρ-ήιος, η, ον (codd. of Hdt. have the common form in the [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. ἀνδρειότερος, -ότατος, 1.79,123), Delph. [full] ἀνδρέος GDI1724, al.:—A of or for a man, στέγη dub. in A.Fr.124;
θαἰμάτια Ar.Ec.75
; opp. γυναικεῖος, Id.Th.154, Archipp.6D., Pl.R. 451c, X.Mem.2.7.5;πέπλοι Theoc.28.10
(where ἀνδρέϊοι) ; αὐλός (v. αὐλός) Hdt.1.17; ἀ. ἀγορά the men's market, CIG3657 ([place name] Cyzicus); ἀνδρεῖος (sc. σύλλογος) Test.Epict.1.22, 2.29;ἀνδρεῖα ἠμπίσχετο
vestem virilem,D.L.
3.46; ἀ. ἱμάτιον, = toga virilis, Plu.Brut.14.II manly, masculine, courageous,ῥώμη Hdt.7.153
, etc.; even of women, Arist.Pol.1277b22, Po.1454a23; and in bad sense, stubborn,ἀναίσχυντος καὶ ἀ. τὰ τοιαῦτα Luc.Ind.3
: neut., τὸ ἀνδρεῖον, = ἀνδρεία, Th. 2.39;καὶ τοῦτ' ἐμοὶ τἀνδρεῖον ἡ προμηθία E.Supp.510
;ἔβησαν εἰς τἀνδρεῖον Id.Andr.683
. Adv.-ως Ar.Pax498
, al.: [comp] Sup.-ότατα Pl.Plt. 262a
.2 of animals, Arist.HA488b17, cf. Pl.La.196d, 196e.3 of things, strong, vigorous,λαφυγμός Eup.148
;θήρατρον Ael.VH 1.1
.III [full] ἀνδρεῖα, τά, the public meals of the Cretans, also the older name for the Spartan φειδίτια or φιλίτια (q.v.), Alcm.22, Arist. Pol.1272a3, Plu.Lyc.12, Str.10.4.18 (v.l. ἄνδρια:—also [full] ἀνδρήιον, τό, Cretan for the public hall, GDI4992 a ii 9, cf. 5040.38, al.IV ἀνδρεῖον, τό, = σίνηπι ἄγριον, Ps.-Dsc.2.154.
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