Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Greek antiquity, public meals, especially in Crete and Sparta.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word andreia.

Examples

  • So, "andreia" for Mansfield is mainly for men too cowardly to let their women be strong.

    "Courage is not solely for men, but it is mainly for men." Ann Althouse 2009

  • The Greek word for courage is andreia, which comes from he-man and also means manliness.

    "Courage is not solely for men, but it is mainly for men." Ann Althouse 2009

  • Meaning andreia is really a lot more like saying "be a man" than "be courageous".

    "Courage is not solely for men, but it is mainly for men." Ann Althouse 2009

  • When phronêsis deals with what is owed to others it is justice (dikaiosunê); when it deals with what should be chosen it is moderation (sôphrosunê); when it deals with what must be endured it is courage (andreia).

    Episteme and Techne Parry, Richard 2007

  • I do not think that we have as yet discussed courage (andreia), - injustice (adikia), which is obviously nothing more than a hindrance to the penetrating principle (diaiontos), need not be considered.

    The CRATYLUS Plato 1975

  • The meaning of kakos ienai may be further illustrated by the use of deilia (cowardice), which ought to have come after andreia, but was forgotten, and, as I fear, is not the only word which has been passed over.

    The CRATYLUS Plato 1975

  • While andreia (manliness) has been specialized to signify valour, virtus has been left in its wider generality, and only in certain contexts is it limited, as by Caesar when he says: "Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • The former condition may be realized without the latter, in which case the andreia would be of a spurious kind: the latter condition, however, cannot be realized without the former.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • From it also he derived his four cardinal virtues: prudence, righteousness (or justice), fortitude, temperance; phronesis, dikaiosyne, andreia, sophrosyne, and it was through Fourth Machabees that this category was appropriated by early Christian ascetical writers.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Now, in that wisdom brings to the consciousness what really is, and what is not, to be feared in our moral efforts and in our struggle against hostile powers, it develops our natural zeal in acting into the virtue of manliness or courage, andreia.

    Christian Ethics. Volume I.���History of Ethics. 1819-1870 1873

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.