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γυνή

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυνή γυναικός

Structure: γυνη (Stem)

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

Sense

  1. woman, female
  2. wife

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.

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ Λάμεχ ταῖσ ἑαυτοῦ γυναιξίν. Ἀδὰ καὶ Σελλά, ἀκούσατέ μου τῆσ φωνῆσ, γυναῖκεσ Λάμεχ, ἐνωτίσασθέ μου τοὺσ λόγουσ, ὅτι ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰσ τραῦμα ἐμοὶ καὶ νεανίσκον εἰσ μώλωπα ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:23)
  • ἐπορεύθη Ἡσαῦ πρὸσ Ἰσμαὴλ καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Μαελὲθ θυγατέρα Ἰσμαὴλ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἁβραάμ, ἀδελφὴν Ναβεώθ, πρὸσ ταῖσ γυναιξὶν αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:9)
  • σὺ δὲ ἔντειλαι ταῦτα, λαβεῖν αὐτοῖσ ἁμάξασ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου τοῖσ παιδίοισ ὑμῶν καὶ ταῖσ γυναιξὶν ὑμῶν. καὶ ἀναλαβόντεσ τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν παραγίνεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 45:19)
  • εὐλογηθείη ἐν γυναιξὶν Ἰαὴλ γυνὴ Χαβὲρ τοῦ Κιναίου, ἀπὸ γυναικῶν ἐν σκηναῖσ εὐλογηθείη. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:24)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ ἐποίησε πάσαισ ταῖσ γυναιξὶν αὐτοῦ ταῖσ ἀλλοτρίαισ, αἳ ἐθυμίων καὶ ἔθυον τοῖσ εἰδώλοισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 11:6)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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