ἀνανδρία
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
(in codd. sts. wrongly -εία, and in later Ion. -ηΐη), ἡ,
A want of manhood, Hp.Aër.16, E.Med.466, Pl.Phdr.254c, etc.; of eunuchs, Luc.Syr.D.26. 2 unmanliness, cowardice, A.Pers.755, E. Or.1031, Th.1.83, And.1.56, etc.; ἀνανδρίᾳ χερῶν E.Supp.314. II unmarried womanhood, Plu.2.302f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνανδρία: (ἐν τοῖς χειρογρ. ἐνίοτε ἐσφαλμ. -εία καὶ Ἰων. -ηΐη) ἡ, ἔλλειψις ἀνδρότητος, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 290, Εὐρ. Μήδ. 466, Πλάτ., κτλ. 2) ὁ χαρακτὴρ τοῦ ἀνάνδρου, δειλία, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 755, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 1031, Θουκ. 1. 82, Ἀνδοκ. 8. 22, κτλ.· ἀνανδρίᾳ χερῶν Εὐρ. Ἱκ. 314. ΙΙ. ἡ κατάστασις τῆς ἀνυπάνδρου γυναικός, αἱ δὲ ἀνανδρίαν ἀντὶ τοιούτων ἑλόμεναι γάμων Πλούτ. 2. 302F.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
1 manque de virilité ; mollesse, lâcheté;
2 célibat des femmes.
Étymologie: ἄνανδρος.
