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.

πολλοὶ γὰρ εἰσ ἓν συμπίτνουσιν ἵμεροι, θεοῦ τ’ ἐφετμαὶ καὶ πατρὸσ πένθοσ μέγα, καὶ πρὸσ πιέζει χρημάτων ἀχηνία, τὸ μὴ πολίτασ εὐκλεεστάτουσ βροτῶν, Τροίασ ἀναστατῆρασ εὐδόξῳ φρενί, δυοῖν γυναικοῖν ὧδ’ ὑπηκόουσ πέλειν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 13:3)

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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