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אנדרוגינוס

GenR
אנדרוגינוס 〈ʾndrwgynws〉 |androginos|

Grammatical information: noun m.

Variant: אנדרוגינס 〈ʾndrwgyns〉 |androginas|

Translation: man (and) woman

Translation equivalent: ἀνδρόγυνος(Post-Classical Greek+)

Usage:

Domain: human life/biology

Socio-cultural norm: code-switching/core borrowing

Normativity: ad-hoc usage

Meaning type: lit.

Frequency: hapax legomenon (with this particular meaning)

Geographic distribution: Coptic; Syriac Aramaic

אמר ר' ירמיה בן לעזר בשעה שברא הקדוש ברוך הוא את אדם הראשון אנדרוגינס1 בראו

1אנדרוגינס - Vat2: אנדרוגינוס V: אנדרוגינוס

8,1 [I 55:3]

“R. Yirmeyah b. Leʿazar said: When the Holy One, blessed be he, created the first man, He created him androgynous ("man-and-woman").”

Etymology (borrowing): source language Post Classical Greek+ Cf. Lampe ἀνδρόγυνος, -ον

In legal context (cf. mBik 4,1): a human bearing both male and female sex characteristics. In GenR, however, the word is used in original platonic sense. bEr 18a reads דיו פרצוף 〈dyw prṣwp〉 (= דיופרצוף 〈dywprṣwp〉) instead of androginos. See: דיופרצוף.

How to cite: Art. אנדרוגינוס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. Susanne Plietzsch, Christina Katsikadeli, Vladislav Slepoy, Thomas Klampfl. https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/androgynos.html. 2024.