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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 εἶπεν Ἀδάμ. τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆσ σαρκόσ μου. αὕτη κληθήσεται γυνή, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐλήφθη αὕτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:23)
  • καὶ ἦσαν οἱ δύο γυμνοί, ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνοντο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:25)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ὄφει. ἀπὸ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου φαγούμεθα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:2)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ἡ γυνή, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ξύλον εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ ὅτι ἀρεστὸν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ἰδεῖν καὶ ὡραῖόν ἐστι τοῦ κατανοῆσαι, καὶ λαβοῦσα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγε. καὶ ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆσ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἔφαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:6)
  • Καὶ ἤκουσαν τῆσ φωνῆσ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ περιπατοῦντοσ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλινόν, καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:8)

Synonyms

  1. woman

  2. wife

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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