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ἀνδρόω

androo

change into a man

Appears 337 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνδρόω, A. change into a man, Lyc. 176,943. II. rear up into manhood, AP 7.419 (Mel.), Plu. 2.490a:—Pass., become a man, reach manhood, Hdt. 1.123, 2.32, Hp. Art. 58, E. HF 42, Ant.Lib. 13.3, etc.: metaph., διθύραμβοι ἠνδρωμένοι Macho ap.Ath. 8.341c: also in Med., = συγγενέσθαι, Hsch. III. in Pass., also of a woman, virum experta sum, ἠνδρώθησαν D.C. Fr. 87.3; ἠνδρωμέναι Id. 67.3.
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