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γύναιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γύναιος γύναιη γύναιον

Structure: γυναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = gunaikei=os

Sense

  1. made to a woman
  2. little woman, wifey, a weak woman

Examples

  • ᾔδει γὰρ πολλοῖσ πολλάκισ ἀλόγουσ αἰτίασ ὀργῆσ παρισταμένασ, καὶ τὸν μὲν ψευδεῖ τινι διαβολῇ πειθόμενον, τὸν δὲ οἰκέτῃ πιστεύοντα ἢ γυναίῳ ἐχθρῷ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 8:3)
  • τοῦ δὲ συγχωρήσαντοσ ἔγημέ τ’ αὐτὴν καὶ ἔθυεν ὑπερχαίρων τῷ γυναίῳ, ὡσ Ἀθηναῖοι τῇ Ἐλευσινίᾳ Δήμητρι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 4:1)
  • καὶ χολήσασ τι ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ, Φιλίστα δ’ ἐκαλεῖτο, πρὸσ τὸν ἐπιλαβόμενον εἰπεῖν ὡσ οὐκ ἐν γυναίῳ ἡ ἐπίδειξισ τῆσ ἀδιαφορίασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. made to a woman

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

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