ἄνθρωπος
Etym. prob. from ἀνήρ, ὤψ, "manfaced"
I. "man", Lat. homo (not "vir"), opp. to gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν, χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων Il.
2. with or without the Art. to denote "man" generally, Plat., etc.
3. in pl. "mankind", ἀνθρώπων, ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν Il.; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail "in the world", Plat.; μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων most, least of "all", Hdt., etc.
4. with another Subst., to give it a contemptuous sense, ἄνθρ. ὑπογραμματεύς, συκοφάντης, Oratt.; so "homo histrio" Cic.:—so, ἄνθρωπος or ὁ ἄνθρωπος was used alone, "the man, the fellow", Plat.:— also in vocat. it was addressed contemptuously to slaves, ἄνθρωπε or ὦ 'νθρωπε, "sirrah! you sir"! Hdt., Plat.
II. fem. (as "homo" also is fem.), "a woman", Hdt., etc.; with a sense of pity, Dem.