Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γυναικεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυναικεῖος γυναικεῖα γυναικεῖον

Structure: γυναικει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gunh/

Sense

  1. of or belonging to women, like women, befitting them, feminine, bona dea, with women
  2. womanish, effeminate
  3. the women's apartments, harem

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ ἐλεεινὸσ μὲν πάντωσ ὅ γε ἄδικοσ καὶ ὁ τὰ κακὰ ἔχων, ἐλεεῖν δὲ τὸν μὲν ἰάσιμα ἔχοντα ἐγχωρεῖ καὶ ἀνείργοντα τὸν θυμὸν πραύ̈νειν καὶ μὴ ἀκραχολοῦντα γυναικείωσ πικραινόμενον διατελεῖν, τῷ δ’ ἀκράτωσ καὶ ἀπαραμυθήτωσ πλημμελεῖ καὶ κακῷ ἐφιέναι δεῖ τὴν ὀργήν· (Plato, Laws, book 5 32:4)
  • ἐξειρωνευομένων δὲ γυναικείωσ τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρασ, ὑπερεσπουδακὼσ ὁ Ιὤσηποσ ἐπιδεῖξαι τὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ βασιλέωσ προήχθη καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν ἐντολὴν εἰπεῖν, πίστιν αὐτὰ ποιούμενοσ ὡσ οὐδὲ χωρὶσ ἐκείνησ ζῆν δύναται κἂν εἰ πάσχοι δεινόν τι οὐκ ἀξιοῦντοσ οὐδὲ θανάτῳ διεζεῦχθαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 87:1)

Synonyms

  1. womanish

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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