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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

  • ἦν δὲ ὁ οἶκοσ ἑκατοντάκλινοσ, ἐν ᾧ ἑκάστη ἦν κλίνη κεκοσμημένη στολῇ γαμικῇ εἴκοσι μνῶν ἀργυρᾶ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 542)
  • ταῦτα δ’ ἐστὶ δεσποτικὴ καὶ γαμική ἀνώνυμον γὰρ ἡ γυναικὸσ καὶ ἀνδρὸσ σύζευξισ καὶ τρίτον τεκνοποιητική καὶ γὰρ αὕτη οὐκ ὠνόμασται ἰδίῳ ὀνόματι. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 33:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for marriage

  2. of marriageable age

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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