andron
noun
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
andron
1 American
[an-dron]
/ ˈæn drɒn /
noun
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(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
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(in an ancient Roman house) a passage between two peristyles.
Andron
2
American
[an-dron]
/ ˈæn drɒn /
Also
Andrus
noun
Classical Mythology.
Etymology
Origin of andron
< Greek, equivalent to andr- andr- + -ōn noun suffix
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—What! we could stand against huge Persia?—then we are not unworthy of the men that fought at Ilion, our fathers; the race and spirit of anax andron Agamemnon is not dead!
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
He had been anax andron even among his schoolfellows.
From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by Bailey, John Cann
Over and over again we have anax andron Agamemnon; or "swift-footed Achilles."
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
Anax andron Agamemnon—what Greek could hear a man so spoken of, and dream he compounded of common clay?
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
And hardly can anyone open his lips, but it must be brought in with some variation of that sea-riding billow, or roll of drums: Ton d'emeibet epeita anax andron Agamemnon.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
“Justified” writers and producers like Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Walter Mosley and Graham Yost have joined Olyphant in the new project.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
“He’s just an incredible talent and he commands the screen. He obviously has a long, long, long career ahead of him,” said Andron.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
In bringing us to this time and place, Singleton and his co-creators Eric Amadio and Dave Andron are piecing together an origin story for American inner cities in general.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2017
Ms Andron, 27, travels to Ecuador twice a year to oversee the production of the tagua that is done by seven local women at a cooperative.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2017
In the first place, Androtion’s father, Andron, was one of the Four Hundred, and took Theramenes’ side.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
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