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ἀνθρώπινος

ἀνθρώπινος, belonging to mankind; human

ἀνθρώπ-ινος, η, ον, also ος, ον Pl. Lg. 737b:—
  • of, from, or belonging to man, human, ἀ. βίος Philol. 11, cf. Hdt. 7.46; ἅπαν τὸ ἀ. all mankind, Id. 1.86; τὸ ἀ. γένος (v.l. φῦλον) Antipho 4.1.2, Pl. Phd. 82b; ἀ. κίνδυνοι, opp. θεῖοι, And. 1.139; ἀ. δίκη Lys. 6.20; ἀ. τεκμήρια, opp. omens, Antipho 5.81; τἀνθρώπινα human affairs, Pl. Tht. 170b, Arist. EN 1102b3 (v.l. -ικά) ἀνθρώπινόν τι παθεῖν die, IG 5(2), 266.20 (Mantinea, i B. C.), cf. PPetr. 1 p.33 (iii B. C.), PRyl. 153.39 (ii A. D.); so ἐάν τι τῶν ἀ. περί τινα γένηται Epicur. Fr. 217.
      • 2 human, suited to man, ἀνθρωπίνη δόξα fallible, human understanding, Pl. Sph. 229a; οὐκ ἀ. ἀμαθία super-human, monstrous folly, Id. Lg. 737b, etc.; ἀ. καὶ μετρία σκῆψις D. 21.41; οὐ χρὴ ἀνθρώπινα φρονεῖν ἄνθρωπον ὄντα Arist. EN 1177b32; ἀ. νοῦς Men. 482; ἀ. τὸ γεγενημένον X. Cyr. 5.4.19.
      • 3 ἀνθρώπινα, τά, secular revenues, SIG 527.133; secular rites, opp. θῖνα, Leg.Gort. 10.43.
    • II Adv. ἀνθρωπίνως, ἁμαρτάνειν commit human, i.e. venial, errors, Th. 3.40; ἀνθρωπινώτερον more within the range of human faculty, Pl. Cra. 392b, D. 18.252; ἀνθρωπίνως ἐκλογίζεσθαι, i.e. with fellow-feeling, And. 2.6; humanely, gently, D. 23.70; ἀ. χρὴ τὰς τύχας φέρειν with moderation, Men. 816; εὐτυχίαν D.S. 1.60.—Of the three forms, ἀνθρώπειος is used exclusively in Trag. and generally in Th. (but cf. 1.22); ἀνθρώπινος prevails in Comedy and in Prose from Pl. downwds. (though he uses ἀνθρώπειος no less frequently); ἀνθρωπικός is freq. in Arist.

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