γυνή
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Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognates include Sanskrit जनि (jani), Old Armenian կին (kin), and Old English cwēn (English queen).
PronunciationEdit
- 5th BC Attic: IPA: /ɡy.nɛ᷄ː/
- 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ɡy.ˈne/
- 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ɣy.ˈni/
- 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ʝy.ˈni/
- 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ʝi.ˈni/
NounEdit
γυνή • (gunḗ) f (genitive γυναικός); third declension
InflectionEdit
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | γυνή | γυναῖκε | γυναῖκες |
| Genitive | γυναικός | γυναικοῖν | γυναικῶν |
| Dative | γυναικῐ́ | γυναικοῖν | γῠναιξί(ν) |
| Accusative | γυναῖκᾰ | γυναῖκε | γυναῖκᾰς |
| Vocative | γύναι | γυναῖκε | γυναῖκες |
| Notes: | a number of alternate forms exist, including: γυνή (vocative singular), γυναικείων (genitive plural), γυναίκεσσι (dative plural), γυνήν (accusative singular), γυναί (nominative plural), and γυνάς (accusative plural). | ||
AntonymsEdit
- ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, male”)
DescendantsEdit
- English: gynaecology, misogyny, gynecomastia
- Greek: γυναίκα (gynaíka)
ReferencesEdit
- γυνή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γυνή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γυνή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «γυνή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «γυνή» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «γυνή» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- “G1135”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.