"androides" meaning in Latin

See androides in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [an.droˈiː.deːs] [Classical-Latin], [an.droˈiː.des] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνδροειδής (androeidḗs), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “shaped”). Initially used to describe legendary human-shaped devices such as metallic talking heads alleged to have been made by wise scholars such as Albertus Magnus or Roger Bacon. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:ἀνδροειδής<id:android><ety:af<ἀνήρ<id:man>><-ειδής<id:adjectival>>>|id=android}}, {{bor|la|grc|ἀνδροειδής}} Ancient Greek ἀνδροειδής (androeidḗs) Head templates: {{la-noun|androīdēs<3>|g1=m|g2=f}} androīdēs m or f (genitive androīdis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|androīdēs<3.-I>}} Forms: androīdēs [canonical, feminine, masculine], androīdis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], androīdēs [nominative, singular], androīdēs [nominative, plural], androīdis [genitive, singular], androīdum [genitive, plural], androīdī [dative, singular], androīdibus [dative, plural], androīdem [accusative, singular], androīdēs [accusative, plural], androīde [ablative, singular], androīdibus [ablative, plural], androīdēs [singular, vocative], androīdēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin) android Tags: New-Latin, declension-3
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