Hellas Alive Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυνή γυναικός

Structure: γυνη (Stem)

Etym.: Prob. from same Root as gi/gnomai.

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.

ΚΑΙ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτὴν Ὀλοφέρνησ. θάρσησον, γύναι, μὴ φοβηθῇσ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ὅτι ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐκάκωσα ἄνθρωπον, ὅστισ ᾑρέτικε δουλεύειν βασιλεῖ Ναβουχοδονόσορ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 11:1)
ὦ μόνη γύναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὁλόκληρον ἀποκυήσασα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:17)
ὦ μῆτερ δι’ εὐσέβειαν Θεοῦ στρατιῶτι, πρεσβῦτι, καὶ γύναι, διὰ καρτερίαν καὶ τύραννον ἐνίκησασ καὶ ἔργοισ δυνατωτέρα καὶ λόγοισ εὑρέθησ ἀνδρόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:14)
εἰμί, γύναι, Πριάμοιο πολυχρύσου φίλοσ υἱόσ, εἰμὶ δὲ Δαρδανίδησ· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1137)
οἴμοι, γύναι, ὅσα πέπονθασ ὑπὸ κυνῶν τοσούτων. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 31:1)

woman
- ξένη (a female guest: a foreign woman)
- Σπαρτιᾶτις (a female inhabitant of Sparta; a Spartan woman)
wife
- πλᾶτις (a wife)
- ὄαρ (a wife)
- γαμέτις (a wife)
- νυός (a bride, wife)
- εὖνις (bedfellow, wife)
- δάμαρ (a wife, spouse)
- παράκοιτις (a wife, spouse)
- ἄκοιτις (a spouse, wife)
- συνευνέτις (a wife or concubine)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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