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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

  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὴν πλευράν, ἣν ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀδάμ, εἰσ γυναῖκα καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὴν πρὸσ τὸν Ἀδάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:22)
  • ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωποσ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸσ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰσ σάρκα μίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:24)
  • ΑΔΑΜ δὲ ἔγνω Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τὸν Κάϊν καὶ εἶπεν. ἐκτησάμην ἄνθρωπον διά τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:1)
  • Καὶ ἔγνω Κάϊν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τὸν Ἐνώχ. καὶ ἦν οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, Ἐνώχ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:17)
  • Ἔγνω δὲ Ἀδὰμ Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σήθ, λέγουσα. ἐξανέστησε γάρ μοι ὁ Θεὸσ σπέρμα ἕτερον ἀντὶ Ἄβελ, ὃν ἀπέκτεινε Κάϊν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:25)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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