γάμος

See also: Γάμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.mos/ → /ˈɣa.mos/ → /ˈɣa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡá.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.mos/

Noun

γᾰ́μος • (gámos) m (genitive γᾰ́μου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. marriage, wedding, bridelock
2. matrimony, the state of being married, wedlock

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γᾰ́μος; τοῦ γᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰ́μος ho gámos	τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gámō	οἱ γᾰ́μοι hoi gámoi
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰ́μου toû gámou	τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gámoin	τῶν γᾰ́μων tôn gámōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰ́μῳ tôi gámōi	τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gámoin	τοῖς γᾰ́μοις toîs gámois
Accusative	τὸν γᾰ́μον tòn gámon	τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gámō	τοὺς γᾰ́μους toùs gámous
Vocative	γᾰ́με gáme	γᾰ́μω gámō	γᾰ́μοι gámoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of γᾰ́μος; γᾰ́μου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γᾰ́μος gámos	γᾰ́μω gámō	γᾰ́μοι gámoi
Genitive	γᾰ́μου / γᾰμοῖο / γᾰ́μοιο / γᾰμόο / γᾰ́μοο gámou / gamoîo / gámoio / gamóo / gámoo	γᾰ́μοιῐν gámoiin	γᾰ́μων gámōn
Dative	γᾰ́μῳ gámōi	γᾰ́μοιῐν gámoiin	γᾰ́μοισῐ / γᾰ́μοισῐν / γᾰ́μοις gámoisi(n) / gámois
Accusative	γᾰ́μον gámon	γᾰ́μω gámō	γᾰ́μους gámous
Vocative	γᾰ́με gáme	γᾰ́μω gámō	γᾰ́μοι gámoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• γᾰμέω (gaméō)
• γᾰμῐκός (gamikós)
• Γᾰ́μος (Gámos)

Related terms

• γαμβρός (gambrós)
• γαμέτις (gamétis)
• γαμέτης (gamétēs)
• γαμήλιος (gamḗlios)

Descendants

• English: aetheogam, bigamy, geitonogamy, monogamy, polygamy, xenogamy
• Greek: γάμος (gámos), -γαμία (-gamía)
• Mariupol Greek: га́мус (hámus)

Further reading

• “γάμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γάμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γάμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γάμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γάμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γάμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1062 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • bride idem, page 97.
  • espousal idem, page 282.
  • feast idem, page 312.
  • hand idem, page 382.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • marriage feast idem, page 515.
  • nuptials idem, page 563.
  • union idem, page 922.
  • wedding idem, page 971.
  • wedding feast idem, page 971.
  • wedlock idem, page 972.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Compare Mariupol Greek га́мус (hámus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣamos/
• Hyphenation: γά‧μος

Noun

γάμος • (gámos) m (plural γάμοι)

1. marriage, wedding (ceremony)
2. marriage (social institution)

Declension

Declension of γάμος

	singular	plural
nominative	γάμος •	γάμοι •
genitive	γάμου •	γάμων •
accusative	γάμο •	γάμους •
vocative	γάμε •	γάμοι •

Derived terms

• πάρ’ τονε στο γάμο σου να σου πει και του χρόνου (pár’ tone sto gámo sou na sou pei kai tou chrónou)

Related terms

• άγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, celibate”)
• απειρόγαμος (apeirógamos, “unmarried”, adjective)
• γάμος ομοφυλοφίλων m (gámos omofylofílon, “same-sex marriage”)
• έγγαμος (éngamos, “married”)
• λευκός γάμος m (lefkós gámos, “white wedding”)
• του Κουτρούλη ο γάμος (tou Koutroúli o gámos, “pandemonium, mayhem”)

 

Further reading

• γάμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el