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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

  • "τόν τε Σόλωνα μαρτυρεῖ γεγονέναι τῶν γαμικῶν ἐμπειρότατον νομοθέτην, κελεύσαντα μὴ ἔλαττον ἢ τρὶσ κατὰ μῆνα τῇ γαμετῇ πλησιάζειν, οὐχ ἡδονῆσ ἕνεκα πόθεν; (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 239)
  • ἢ τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα τῶν γαμικῶν εἰσ τὴν Ἥραν ἀνῆπτο; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 87 1:3)
  • ἢ τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα τῶν γαμικῶν εἰσ τὴν Ἥραν ἀνῆπτο; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 87 3:2)
  • μετέβαλε δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἐπιδάμνῳ ἡ πολιτεία ἐκ γαμικῶν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 66:2)
  • ἔτι πολλὰ τῶν γαμικῶν ἢ τὰ πλεῖστα δρᾶται διὰ γυναικῶν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 6:5)

Synonyms

  1. of or for marriage

  2. of marriageable age

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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