androgynus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin androgynus

Noun[edit]

androgynus (plural androgyni)

  1. A hermaphrodite.

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos, hermaphrodite), from ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, man)) + γυνή (gunḗ, woman).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

androgynus m (genitive androgynī); second declension

  1. hermaphrodite

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative androgynus androgynī
Genitive androgynī androgynōrum
Dative androgynō androgynīs
Accusative androgynum androgynōs
Ablative androgynō androgynīs
Vocative androgyne androgynī

References[edit]

  • androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • androgynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • androgynus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.