noun
- (in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- (in an ancient Roman house) a passage between two peristyles.
noun Classical Mythology.
- a son of Anius who was given the power of prophecy by Apollo.
men’s apartment in a house, from Greek andron, collateral form of andronitis “men’s apartment,” from aner (genitive andros) “man” (see anthropo-).