γυναικωνῖτις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
γυναικωνῖτις
Structure:
γυναικωνῑτιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- the women's apartments, the women of the harem
Declension
Third 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.
- "καλὸσ γὰρ εἶναι θέλε καὶ σοὶ μελέτω ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν σπουδάζεσθαι δοκεῖν εἰσ τὴν ῥητορικὴν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο ἀνοίσουσιν οἱ πολλοί, ὡσ διὰ τοῦτό σου καὶ ἄχρι τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ εὐδοκιμοῦντοσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:65)
- τοιγαροῦν οὐ μεμπτὰσ ἡμῖν τίνεισ τὰσ δίκασ, ἀλλὰ μέχρι καὶ τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ περιβόητοσ εἶ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 25:4)
- ἐν δὲ ταῖσ τοῦ πολέμου παρασκευαῖσ οὐκ εἶχεν αὐτοῦ τὸ δόρυ κιττόν, οὐδὲ μύρων ὠδώδει τὸ κράνοσ, οὐδὲ γεγανωμένοσ καὶ ἀνθηρὸσ ἐπὶ τὰσ μάχασ ἐκ τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ προῄει, κοιμίζων δὲ τοὺσ θιάσουσ καὶ τὰ βακχεῖα καταπαύων ἀμφίπολοσ Ἄρεοσ ἀνιέρου, κατὰ τὸν Εὐριπίδην, ἐγίνετο, καὶ δἰ ἡδονὴν ἢ ῥαθυμίαν οὐθὲν ἁπλῶσ ἔπταισεν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 3 2:1)
- οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἐξελάσαι τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἀνδρωνίτιδι τὴν πολυτέλειαν ἀναστρεφομένην. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 48 1:1)
- πῦρ οὖν ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγένετο τῷ νεανίσκῳ προσκείμενοσ ὁ Τηρίβαζοσ ἀεὶ καὶ λέγων ὡσ οὐδὲν ὀνίνησιν ἡ κίταρισ ἑστῶσα περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τοὺσ ὑφ’ αὑτῶν μὴ ζητοῦντασ ὀρθοῦσθαι τοῖσ πράγμασι, κἀκεῖνον ἀβέλτερα φρονεῖν, εἰ, τοῦ μὲν ἀδελφοῦ διὰ τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ ἐνδυομένου τοῖσ πράγμασι, τοῦ δὲ πατρὸσ οὕτωσ ἔμπληκτον ἦθοσ καὶ ἀβέβαιον ἔχοντοσ, οἰέται βέβαιον αὐτῷ τὴν διαδοχὴν ὑπάρχειν. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 28 1:1)
Synonyms
-
the women's apartments
