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ἀνδρακάς: ἐπίρρημα· κατὰ ἄνδρα. παρὰ τὴν ἀνδρός γενικὴν παράγωγον, ἢ σύνθετον παρὰ τὸ ἄνδρα καὶ τὸ κάς, ὅπερ παρὰ τὸ<ν> κάσω μέλλοντα γίνεται, ἵν’ ᾖ κατ’ ἄνδρα, κοσμίως καὶ τεταγμένως. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄνδρα καὶ ἕκαστος συγκοπῇ ἑκάς καὶ ἀνδροεκάς καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ο εἰς α ἀνδρακάς, ὡς λέων Παντολέων καὶ Πανταλέων
Translation (En)
Andrakas: adverb, "man by man". Derived from the genitive andros, or compound from andra "man" (accusative) and kas, which comes from the future *kasō "I will adorn", so that it is "man by man" in orderly and organized fashion, or from anēr "man" and hekastos "each", by syncope hekas and *androekas and through change of the [o] into [a] andrakas, as leōn "lion", Pantoleōn and Pantaleōn.
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 102 (Ἀνδρακάς: Ἐπίρρημα. Σημαίνει δὲ κατὰ ἄνδρα· παρὰ τὴν ἀνδρὸς γενικὴν παράγωγον. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄνδρα καὶ τὸ κάσω συντίθεται, ὁ κατὰ ἄνδρας κοσμίως τεταγμένος· κάσω, κὰς, ὡς δάξω δὰξ, καὶ ὀδάξ· ἄνδρας καὶ ἕκαστος, συγκοπῇ ἑκὰς, καὶ ἀνδροεκὰς, καὶ συγκοπῇ ἀνδροκὰς, καὶ τροπῇ ἀνδρακὰς, ὡς παρὰ τὸ λέων Πανταλέων καὶ Παντολέων· κυνάμυια κυνόμυια); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 821 (Ἀνδρακάς ν 14· ἐπίρρημα· σημαίνει κατὰ ἄνδρα· παρὰ τὴν ἀνδρός γενικὴν παράγωγον, ἢ παρὰ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸ κάσω σύνθετον, ὁ κατὰ ἄνδρας κοσμίως τεταγμένος· κάσω κάς, ὡς δάξω δάξ καὶ ὀδάξ); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 136 (παρὰ τὴν ἀνδρός παράγωγον. ἢ παρὰ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸ κάσ[ω] σύνθετον, ὅ<περ παρὰ τὸν κάσω μέλλοντα γίνεται, ἵν’ ᾖ> κατὰ ἄνδρα, κοσμίως, τεταγμένως· κάσω κάς, ὡς δάξω δάξ καὶ ὀδάξ)
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the genitive ἀνδρός, which provides the final [s]. Then several manipulations are required, not mentioned in the source (adjunction of [ka] and change of [o] into [a]). The distributive meaning is not accounted for.