ἄνθρωποσ: man (homo); mostly pl., as opp. to gods, ᾶ̓θανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ' ἀνθρώπων, Il. 5.442; mankind, πάντας ἐπ' ἀνθρώπουσ, the world over, Il. 24.535; joined with a more specific word, ἄνθρωπος ὁδίτης, Π 263, Od. 13.123.
of the east or of the west, Od.8.29; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest, ib.4.565; κόμπος οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπονA.Th.425, cf. S.Aj.761. 2.Pl. uses it both with and without the Art. to denote
Paus.4.26.5, cf. Philostr.VA8.31. b. joined with a Sup. to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντωνD.53.2; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in
the world,
Pl.Ly.211e; freq. without a Prep., μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least
of all,
Hdt.1.60, Pl.Lg.629a, Prt.361e; ἄριστά γ' ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ.,Id.Tht.148b, 195b, etc. c.τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα 'all the trouble in the world', ib.170e; γραφὰς τὰς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐγράφετοLys.13.73; αἱ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαίAeschin.1.59; πάντα τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων κακὰ ἔλεγεD.C.57.23. 4. joined with another Subst., like ἀνήρ, ἄ. ὁδίτησIl.16.263; πολίτας ἀ.D.22.54; with names of nations, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπωνh.Ap.42; in Att. freq. in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης,Lys.30.28, Aeschin.2.153,183; ἄ. ἀλαζώνX.Mem.1.7.2; ἄ. ὑφάντησPl.Phd.87b; Μενίππου, Καρός τινος ἀνθρώπουD.21.175; ἄ. βασιλεύσEv.Matt.22.2. 5.ἅνθρωποσ or ὁ ἄνθρωποσ alone,
the man, the fellow,
Pl.Prt.314e, Phd.117e; ὡς ἀστεῖος ὁ ἄ., with slight irony, ib.116d, al.; with a sense of pity, D.21.91. 6. in the voc. freq. in a contemptuous sense, as when addressed to slaves, etc., ἄνθρωπε or ὤνθρωπε
sirrah! you sir!
Hdt.3.63,8.125, and freq. in Pl., but in Trag. only S.Aj.791,1154; simply,
Hebraism in LXXLe.17.3 (cf. ἀνήρ VI.8); ἄ. like Germ.
man
'one', 1 Ep.Cor.4.1,al. 9. Medic., name of a
plaster,
ἡ διὰ σάνδυκος ἄ. καλουμένηAët.15.43. II. as fem.,
woman,
Pi.P.4.98, Hdt.1.60, Isoc.18.52, Arist.EN1148b20; contemptuously, of female slaves, Antipho1.17, Is.6.20, etc.; with a sense of pity, D.19.197.— Prop. opp. θηρίον, cf. ἀνήρ; but opp. γυνή,Aeschin.3.137; ἀπὺ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικόσLXX1 Es.9.40, etc.