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γαμικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαμικός

Structure: γαμικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ga/mos

Sense

  1. of or for marriage
  2. (of persons) of marriageable age

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ γαμικὴν χλανίδα δότω τισ δεῦρό μοι. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 3:43)
  • εἴπερ οὖν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ τὸν νομοθέτην ὁρᾶν δεῖ ὅπωσ βέλτιστα τὰ σώματα γένηται τῶν τρεφομένων, πρῶτον μὲν ἐπιμελητέον περὶ τὴν σύζευξιν, πότε καὶ ποίουσ τινὰσ ὄντασ χρὴ ποιεῖσθαι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ τὴν γαμικὴν ὁμιλίαν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 270:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for marriage

  2. of marriageable age

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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