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ἄνθρωπος

ἄνθρωπος

See also: άνθρωπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἅνθρωπος ‎(hánthrōpos) Attic, crasis with definite article ὁ ‎(ho)
  • ὥνθρωπος ‎(hṓnthrōpos) Ionic, crasis with definite article ὁ ‎(ho)
  • ἀνθρωπώ ‎(anthrōpṓ) Laconian
  • 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩 ‎(a-to-ro-po-se) Cretan

Noun

ἄνθρωπος • ‎(ánthrōpos) m, f ‎(genitive ἀνθρώπου); second declension

  1. human being, person (as opposed to gods); man, woman
  2. (philosophical) man, humanity
  3. (sometimes in the plural) all human beings, mankind
  4. (in feminine, derogatory) female slave

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνθρώπινος ‎(anthrṓpinos)
  • ἀνθρωποκεντρικός ‎(anthrōpokentrikós), anthropocentric
  • ἀνθρωποειδής ‎(anthrōpoeidḗs), anthropoid
  • ἀνθρωπολογία ‎(anthrōpología), anthropology
  • ἀνθρωπομορφισμός ‎(anthrōpomorphismós), anthropomorphism
  • ἀνθρωποποιία ‎(anthrōpopoiía)

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References

    Etymology

    From Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀵𐀫𐀦 ‎(a-to-ro-qo), of uncertain origin. Scholars used to consider it to be a compound from ἀνήρ ‎(anḗr, “man”) and ὤψ ‎(ṓps, “face, appearance, look”) "he who looks like a man". However, in that case a δ ‎(d) would be expected to develop by epenthesis, as in the genitive ἀνδρός ‎(andrós), yielding *ἀνδρωπος ‎(*andrōpos). Beekes (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2009:106) argues that since no convincing Indo-European etymology has been found, the word is probably of Pre-Greek origin; he connects the word with the word δρώψ ‎(drṓps, “man”) (according to Beekes (2009:xxix): "Shift of aspiration is found in some cases: θριγκός / τριγχός, ἀθραγένη / ἀνδράχνη"). Romain Garnier proposed another etymology in his 2007 article « Nouvelles réflexions étymologiques autour du grec ἄνθρωπος », deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰreh₃kʷó- ‎(“that which is below”), hence "earthly, human".

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