Γανυμήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Socrates in Xenophon's Symposium (8.29–30) implies the etymology γᾰ́νῠμαι (gắnŭmai, “to be glad”) +‎ μήδεᾰ (mḗdeă, “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 • (Gănŭmḗdēs) 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 Gănŭmḗdēs
Genitive	Γᾰνῠμήδεος / Γᾰνῠμήδευς Gănŭmḗdeos / Gănŭmḗdeus
Dative	Γᾰνῠμήδει / Γᾰνῠμήδεῐ̈ Gănŭmḗdei / Gănŭmḗdeĭ̈
Accusative	Γᾰνῠμήδεᾰ Gănŭmḗdeă
Vocative	Γᾰνῠ́μηδες Gănŭ́mēdes
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 (2006–2025)
• “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

Declension of Γανυμήδης

	singular
nominative	Γανυμήδης (Ganymídis)
genitive	Γανυμήδη (Ganymídi)
accusative	Γανυμήδη (Ganymídi)
vocative	Γανυμήδη (Ganymídi)

Further reading

• Γανυμήδης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el