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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 ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ δύο γυναῖκασ, ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ Ἀδά, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ Σελλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:19)
  • ἰδόντεσ δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι καλαί εἰσιν, ἔλαβον ἑαυτοῖσ γυναῖκασ ἀπὸ πασῶν, ὧν ἐξελέξαντο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:2)
  • καὶ ἔλαβον Ἅβραμ καὶ Ναχὼρ ἑαυτοῖσ γυναῖκασ. ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ἅβραμ Σάρα, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ναχὼρ Μελχά, θυγάτηρ Ἀρρὰν καὶ πατὴρ Μελχὰ καὶ πατὴρ Ἰεσχά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:29)
  • καὶ ἀπέστρεψε πᾶσαν τὴν ἵππον Σοδόμων, καὶ Λὼτ τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν αὐτοῦ ἀπέστρεψε καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ τὸν λαόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:16)
  • Ἀναστὰσ δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἔλαβε τὰσ γυναῖκασ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰσ καμήλουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:17)
  • ἀπόδοσ τὰσ γυναῖκάσ μου καὶ τὰ παιδία μου, περὶ ὧν δεδούλευκά σοι, ἵνα ἀπέλθω. σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεισ τὴν δουλείαν, ἣν δεδούλευκά σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:26)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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