ἀνδρεία
andreia
manliness, manly spirit; of
Appears 145 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνδρεία, ἡ, Ion. ἀνδρηίη ( 7.99), generally written ἀνδρία in the Mss., in agreement with the opinion of Adv. 136.8, refuted by Orus ap.EM 461.53:—ἀνδρεία is required by the metre in Nu. 510, and may always stand in the few poet. passages where it occurs ( 58, Th. 52, El. 983, Tr. 674): ἀνδρία is required in HF 475 μέγα φρονῶν ἐπʼ ἀνδρίᾳ (s.v.l., εὐανδρίᾳ Elmsley): ἀνδρεία is also confirmed by the Ion. form ἀνδρηίη:—A. manliness, manly spirit, opp. δειλία, Il.cc., cf. Rh. 1366b11, EN 1115a6; also of women, El. 983, Pol. 1260a22; ἀνδρεία ἡ περὶ τὰς ναυτιλίας 3.1.8:—in pl., brave deeds, Lg. 922a; ironically, αἱ διὰ τῶν λόγων ἀνδρεῖαι Prooem. 45. II. in bad sense, hardihood, insolence, Chr.12.13. III. = ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἡλικία, Antipho.Soph.67a. IV. membrum virile, 1.45. V. skill, Ec. 4.4.
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