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γυναικονόμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυναικονόμος γυναικονόμου

Structure: γυναικονομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gunh/, ne/mw

Sense

  1. supervisor of women, the title of magistrate at Athens who maintains manners among women

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ’" ὅτι δ’ ἦν ἔθοσ τοὺσ γυναικονόμουσ ἐφορᾶν τὰ συμπόσια καὶ ἐξετάζειν τῶν κεκλημένων τὸν ἀριθμὸν εἰ ὁ κατὰ νόμον ἐστί, Τιμοκλῆσ ἐν Φιλοδικαστῇ φησὶν οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 45 3:3)

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