Γαμηλιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαμηλίᾰ (gamēlía, “wedding feast”), because it was the fashionable time for weddings.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.mɛː.li.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ɣa.mi.liˈon/ → /ɣa.mi.liˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.mɛː.li.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.me̝.liˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.mi.liˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.mi.liˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.mi.liˈon/

Proper noun

Γᾰμηλῐών • (Gamēliṓn) m (genitive Γᾰμηλῐῶνος); third declension

1. Gamelion: the seventh month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around January and February

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Γᾰμηλῐών; τοῦ Γᾰμηλῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γᾰμηλῐών ho Gamēliṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Γᾰμηλῐῶνος toû Gamēliônos
Dative	τῷ Γᾰμηλῐῶνῐ tôi Gamēliôni
Accusative	τὸν Γᾰμηλῐῶνᾰ tòn Gamēliôna
Vocative	Γᾰμηλῐών Gamēliṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γαμηλιώνας (Gamiliónas)

References

• “Γαμηλιών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Γαμηλιών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)