ἄρσην: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, [[ἄρσεν]], τό, gen. [[ἄρσενος]], Ep., Ion., and Trag.: Att. ἄρρην ''IG''2.678B55, Pl.''Smp.''191c, etc.: Aeol., Cret., Epid., and Hdt. ἔρσην, [[quod vide|q.v.]]; <b class="b3">ἀρσ-</b> prevails in [[LXX]] and<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[NT]], <b class="b3">ἀρρ-</b> is more common in Pap. (exc. Pap. Mag.): nom. ἄρσης ''IG''5(1).364.10 (Lacon.), ''POxy.''465.147 (ii A. D.):—[[male]], μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς . . μήτε τις ἄρσην Il.8.7; βοῦν . . ἄρσενα 7.315; ἄρσενες ἵπποι 23.377, etc.; ἄρσην σπορά E.''Tr.''503; νηδύς Id.''Ba.''527 (lyr.) (of the birth of Bacchus); γονή Hp.''Genit.''7: [[ἄρσην]], ὁ, or [[ἄρσεν]], τό, the [[male]], A.''Ag.''861, ''Supp.'' 393 (lyr.), Pl.''Lg.''665c, ''Smp.''191c, etc.; Ἀπόλλωνι . . θῆλυ καὶ ἄρσεν . . προσέρδειν ''IG''12(8).358 (Thasos, v B. C.); [[οἱ ἄρσενες]] = [[the male sex]], Th.2.45; τὸ ἄρσεν A.''Eu.''737.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[masculine]], Id.''Supp.''951; φρένες E.''Or.''1204: metaph., [[mighty]], κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου S.''Ph.'' 1455 (lyr.); Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς Id.''Fr.''480.3; ἄρσην βοή Ar.''Th.'' 125 (lyr.); ἄ. φθόγγοι Aristid.Quint.2.12; of plants, [[robust]], [[coarse]], opp. [[θῆλυς]] ([[tender]], [[delicate]]), Thphr.''HP''3.9.3, cf. 2.2.6, Dsc.3.1, al., S.''Tr.''1196.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of gender of nouns, [[masculine]], ὀνόματα Ar.''Nu.'' 682.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of sex in plants, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τοῖς θήλεσι βοήθεια Thphr. ''HP''2.8.4:—but also, [[coarse]], [[tough]], [[γογγυλίς]] ib.7.4.3, cf.3.9.3: Comp. form ἀρρέντερος (cf. [[θηλύτερος]]), [[κὰ τὠρρέντερον γένος]] = [[in the male line]], ''IG''5(2).262.21(Mantinea, v B. C.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> Adv. [[ἀρρένως]] Diog. ap. Stob. 4.44.71. (Occurs without <b class="b3">ϝ-</b> on Cret. Inscrr. which preserve <b class="b3">ϝ-</b>; cf. Skt. ṛṣabhás 'bull', Avest. aršan- 'man'.)