A.man, both as a generic term and of individuals, Hom. etc., opp. gods, “ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων” Il.5.442, etc.; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων the men 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᾽ ἄνθρωπον” A.Th.425, cf. S.Aj.761.
2. Pl. uses it both with and without the Art. to denote man generically, “ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας” Prt.322a; “οὕτω . . εὐδαιμονέστατος γίγνεται ἄ.” R.619b, al.; ὁ ἄ. the ideal man, humanity, “ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν” Arr.Epict.2.9.3.
3. in pl., mankind, “ἀνθρώπων . . ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν” Il.9.134; “ἐν τῷ μακρῷ . . ἀνθρώπων χρόνψ” S.Ph.306; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart this life, Paus.4.26.5, cf. Philostr.VA8.31.
b. joined with a Sup. to increase its force, “δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων” D.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 ἐγράφετο” Lys.13.73; “αἱ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαί” Aeschin.1.59; “πάντα τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων κακὰ ἔλεγε” D.C.57.23.
4. joined with another Subst., like ἀνήρ, ἄ. ὁδίτης Il.16.263; “πολίτας ἀ.” D.22.54; with names of nations, “πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων” h.Ap.42; in Att. freq. in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης, Lys.30.28, Aeschin.2.153,183; “ἄ. ἀλαζών” X.Mem.1.7.2; “ἄ. ὑφάντης” Pl.Phd.87b; “Μενίππου, Καρός τινος ἀνθρώπου” D.21.175; “ἄ. βασιλεύς” Ev.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, brother, POxy.215.1, Diog.Oen. 2.
7. slave, “ἂν ἄ. ᾖ” Philem.22; “ἄ. ἐμός” Gal.14.649; ὁ ἄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας or “ἀνομίας” 2 Ep.Thess.2.3; “ἄ. τοῦ Θεοῦ” 1 Ep.Tim. 6.11; but τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις make a man of, of a freed slave, Herod.5.15.
8. ἄ. ἄ. any one, Hebraism in LXX Le.17.3 (cf. ἀνήρ VI.8); ἄ. like Germ. man 'one', 1 Ep.Cor.4.1,al.
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 γυναικός” LXX 1 Es.9.40, etc.
