andron

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

andrōn, ōnis, m., = ἀνδρών (ἀνήρ, a man).

I Among the Greeks, the part of the house in which the men resided , the men's apartment; also called andronitis (opp. gynaeceum, q. v.): locus domicilii, in quo viri morabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—

II Among the Romans, a passage between two walls or courts of a house , Vitr. 6, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 17.

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