ἀνήρ

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Contents 1 Ancient Greek 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Inflection 1.3.3 References

[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognates include Sanskrit नर (nára) and Old Irish nert.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [anɛː́r]

• (Koine): IPA: [anˈeːr]

• (Byzantine): IPA: [anˈir]

[edit] Noun

ἀνήρ (genitive ἀνδρός) m, third declension; (anēr)

1. man (adult male)
2. husband

[edit] Usage notes

The word ἀνήρ may form a crasis with the definite article, resulting in ὁ and ἀνήρ merging. The Attic crasis is ἁνήρ and the Ionic crasis is ὡνήρ.

[edit] Inflection

[edit] References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon

Strong’s concordance number: G120