ἀνδρίαν (andrian)

ἀνδρίαν is an Ancient Greek form of ἀνδρεία, meaning “courage, manliness”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Ἄνδριος, “of Andros; an Andrian”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Xenophon, Hellenica 2.1.31: … τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ, τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα ἀποκόπτειν τῶν ζωγρηθέντων πάντων, καὶ ὅτι λαβόντες δύο τριήρεις, Κορινθίαν καὶ Ἀνδρίαν, τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐξ αὐτῶν πάντας κατακρημνίσειαν· Φιλοκλῆς δʼ ἦν στρατηγὸς τῶν Ἀθηναίων, ὃς τούτους διέφθειρεν.

Lucian of Samosata, Muscae Encomium 5: … ρᾷ ἐκκλίνουσα τὴν ὁρμήν, ὡς μὴ ἁλίσκοιτο σαγηνευθεῖσα καὶ περιπεσοῦσα ταῖς τοῦ θηρίου πλεκτάναις. τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνδρίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτῆς οὐχ ἡμᾶς χρὴ λέγειν, ἀλλʼ ὃς μεγαλοφωνότατος τῶν ποιητῶν Ὅμηρος· τὸν γὰρ ἄριστον τῶν ἡρώω …

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 12.4.6: … τὴν μίαν ἐκφορὰν τῶν ὀνομάτων Αἰκυμήλιον ἐκάλεσαν. τῷ δὲ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Μαιλίου μήνυσιν ἀποδόντι Μηνυκίῳ στάσιν ἀνδριάν- τος ἐψηφίσατο ἡ βουλή.

All forms of ἀνδρεία (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.