Γανυμήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Socrates in Xenophon's Symposium (8.29–30) implies the etymology γᾰ́νῠμαι (gánumai, “to be glad”) +‎ μήδεᾰ (mḗdea, “plans”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ny.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ɣa.nyˈmi.ðis/ → /ɣa.niˈmi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ny.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nyˈme̝.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.nyˈmi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.nyˈmi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.niˈmi.ðis/

Proper noun

Γᾰνῠμήδης • (Ganumḗdēs) m (genitive Γᾰνῠμήδεος or Γᾰνῠμήδους); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ganymede
2. (Greek mythology) Ganymede

Inflection

Third declension of Γᾰνῠμήδης; Γᾰνῠμήδεος (uncontracted, Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Γᾰνῠμήδης Ganumḗdēs
Genitive	Γᾰνῠμήδεος / Γᾰνῠμήδευς Ganumḗdeos / Ganumḗdeus
Dative	Γᾰνῠμήδει / Γᾰνῠμήδεῐ̈ Ganumḗdei / Ganumḗdeï
Accusative	Γᾰνῠμήδεᾰ Ganumḗdea
Vocative	Γᾰνῠ́μηδες Ganúmēdes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite)
  • → Latin: Catamītus, catamītus
• Greek: Γανυμήδης (Ganymídis)
• → Latin: Ganymēdēs
  • → English: Ganymede

References

• “Γανυμήδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Γανυμήδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Γανυμήδης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

Greek

Proper noun

Γανυμήδης • (Ganymídis) m

1. (Greek mythology) a male given name, equivalent to English Ganymede
2. (astronomy) Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter)

Declension

  Γανυμήδης

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Γανυμήδης •
genitive	Γανυμήδη •
accusative	Γανυμήδη •
vocative	Γανυμήδη •

Further reading

• Γανυμήδης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el