γυναικών

See also: γυναικῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.nai̯.kɔ̌ːn/ → /ʝy.nɛˈkon/ → /ʝi.neˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡy.nai̯.kɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡy.nɛˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝy.nɛˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝy.neˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝi.neˈkon/

Noun

γῠναικών • (gunaikṓn) m (genitive γῠναικῶνος); third declension

1. women's apartment in a house

   Antonym: ἀνδρών (andrṓn)

   • 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata‎^[1]:

     ἄλλοι δὲ ἄνθρωποι, ὡς δοῦλοι, ἐν ἄλλοις οἰκήμασιν καθεύδουσιν, οἱ ἄνδρες ἐν ἑνὶ οἰκήματι, τῷ ἀνδρῶνι, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες ἐν ἑνὶ ἄλλῳ οἰκήματι, τῷ γυναικῶνι.

     álloi dè ánthrōpoi, hōs doûloi, en állois oikḗmasin katheúdousin, hoi ándres en henì oikḗmati, tôi andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tôi gunaikôni.

     The other humans, like the slaves, sleep in the other rooms, with the men in one room—the men's quarters, and the women in one room—the women's quarters.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ γῠναικών; τοῦ γῠναικῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῠναικών ho gunaikṓn	τὼ γῠναικῶνε tṑ gunaikône	οἱ γῠναικῶνες hoi gunaikônes
Genitive	τοῦ γῠναικῶνος toû gunaikônos	τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν toîn gunaikṓnoin	τῶν γῠναικώνων tôn gunaikṓnōn
Dative	τῷ γῠναικῶνῐ tôi gunaikôni	τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν toîn gunaikṓnoin	τοῖς γῠναικῶσῐ / γῠναικῶσῐν toîs gunaikôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γῠναικῶνᾰ tòn gunaikôna	τὼ γῠναικῶνε tṑ gunaikône	τοὺς γῠναικῶνᾰς toùs gunaikônas
Vocative	γῠναικών gunaikṓn	γῠναικῶνε gunaikône	γῠναικῶνες gunaikônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γυναικών (gynaikón)
• Greek: γυναικωνίτης (gynaikonítis)

Greek

Noun

γυναικών • (gynaikón) f

1. Genitive plural form of γυναίκα (gynaíka).
2. ladies (toilet)