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ἄρσην

arsen

NT

Appears 65 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἄρσην, 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, q.v.; ἀρσ- prevails in LXX and A. NT, ἀρρ- 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. 2. 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. 3. of gender of nouns, masculine, ὀνόματα Ar. Nu. 682. 4. 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.). 5. Adv. ἀρρένως Diog. ap. Stob. 4.44.71. (Occurs without ϝ- on Cret. Inscrr. which preserve ϝ-; cf. Skt. ṛṣabhás ‘bull’, Avest. aršan- ‘man’.)
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