ἄνθρωπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνθρωπώ (Laconian)
• 𐀀𐀵𐀫𐀦 (a-to-ro-qo) (Mycenaean)
• 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩 (a-to-ro-po-se) (Arcadocypriot)

Etymology

Scholars used to consider it to be a compound from ἀνήρ (“man”) + ὤψ (“face, appearance, look”) = "he who looks like a man". However, Beekes does not accept this etymology. w:Romain Garnier proposed another etymology in his 2007 article « Nouvelles réflexions étymologiques autour du grec ἄνθρωπος » Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris 102/1, 2007, 131—154. http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00411834/fr/

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [ántʰrɔːpos]
• (Koine): IPA: [ˈantʰro̞ːpo̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈãθropos]

Noun

ἄνθρωπος (genitive ἀνθρώπου) m, second declension; (anthrōpos)

1. man
2. sometimes woman, ἡ ἄνθρωπος
3. human being

Inflection

Second declension of ἄνθρωπος, ἀνθρώπου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἄνθρωπος	ἀνθρώπω	ἄνθρωποι
Genitive	ἀνθρώπου	ἀνθρώποιν	ἀνθρώπων
Dative	ἀνθρώπῳ	ἀνθρώποιν	ἀνθρώποις
Accusative	ἄνθρωπον	ἀνθρώπω	ἀνθρώπους
Vocative	ἄνθρωπε	ἀνθρώπω	ἄνθρωποι

Derived terms

• ἀνθρώπινος
• ἅνθρωπος (Attic crasis with definite article ὁ)
• ὥνθρωπος (Ionic crasis with definite article ὁ)
• ἀνθρωποκεντρικός, anthropocentric
• ἀνθρωποειδής, anthropoid
• ἀνθρωπολογία, anthropology
• ἀνθρωπομορφισμός, anthropomorphism
• ἀνθρωποποιία

Descendants

• English: anthropology
• Greek: άνθρωπος "man"

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G444
• Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse
• J.B.Hofmann, Ετυμολογικόν Λεξικόν της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής (Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen)
• Plato Crat. 399 C