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ἀνδριάς

ἀνδριάς, the image of a man, a statue

ἀνδριάς, ὁ, gen. άντος (Att. ᾶντος, acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.51): (ἀνήρ):—
  • image of a man, statue, Pi. P. 5.40, Hdt. 1.183, 2.91, Ar. Pax 1183, Th. 1.134, etc.; ἀνδριάντας καὶ ἄλλα ζῷα λίθινά τε καὶ ξύλινα Pl. R. 515a; ἀνδριάντας γράφειν paint statues, ib. 420c; esp. of portrait-statues, ἀ. εἰκονικός Plu. Lys. 1; ἀ. ὁλοσώματος IG 12(7).240 (Amorgos); ἀ. ἔφιππος SIG 730.26 (Olbia); of female figures, Ath. 10.425f, etc.; of men, opp. ἀγάλματα of the gods, Gorg. Hel. 18, Plb. 21.29.9; rarely of gods, GDI 5421 (Delos): prov., λάλος, οὐκ ἀ. Luc. Vit.Auct. 3; ἀπαθὴς ὡς ἀ. Arr. Epict. 3.2.4; ἀνδριάντος γυμνότερος D.Chr. 34.3: ironically, τὸν καλὸν ἀ., a motherʼs term of endearment, D. 18.129; μακρὸν ἀ. παίζειν, a kind of game, Thphr. Char. 27.12.

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