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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)
  • καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου μετὰ σοῦ. εἰσελεύσῃ δὲ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ ἡ γυνή σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:18)
  • εἰσῆλθε δὲ Νῶε καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν διὰ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατατακλυσμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:7)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ εἰσῆλθε Νῶε, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ, οἱ υἱοὶ Νῶε, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ Νῶε καὶ αἱ τρεῖσ γυναῖκεσ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:13)
  • ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ, σὺ καὶ ἡ γυνή σου καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:16)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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