andron

¹ American  

[an-dron] / ˈæn drɒn /

noun

1. (in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.

2. (in an ancient Roman house) a passage between two peristyles.

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Andron ² American  

[an-dron] / ˈæn drɒn /

Also Andrus

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Anius who was given the power of prophecy by Apollo.

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Etymology

Origin of andron

< Greek, equivalent to andr- andr- + -ōn noun suffix

Example Sentences

—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

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

He will have a few silver cups elegantly chased, and at least one diner's couch in the andron will be made of rare imported wood, and be inlaid with gilt or silver.

From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns