anḗr

anḗr agr. ᾰ̓νήρ Mann

From Proto-Hellenic *anḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognates include Sanskrit नृ (nṛ́), नर (nára), and Old Irish nert.

Pronunciation IPA^(key): /a.nɛ̌ːr/ → /aˈnir/ → /aˈnir/

In Epic poetry, the ἀ usually scans as long in the arsis of a foot.

Noun

ᾰ̓νήρ • (anḗr) m (genitive ᾰ̓νδρός); third declension

1. man (adult male)
2. husband
3. human being, as opposed to a god [ quotations ▼]

Usage notes

The word ἀνήρ may form a crasis with the definite article, resulting in ὁ (ho) and ἀνήρ merging. The Attic crasis is ᾱ̔νήρ (hānḗr) and the Ioniccrasis is ὡνήρ (hōnḗr).

In Epic poetry, the vocative singular ἆνερ (âner) is used, for instance in Il. 24.725.