εξώγαμος
Greek
editEtymology
editLearnedly from εξω- (exo-) + γάμ(ος) (gám(os), “marriage”) + -ος (-os), a calque of French extraconjugal.[1] A false friend of English exogamous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editεξώγαμος • (exógamos) m (feminine εξώγαμη, neuter εξώγαμο)
- (of a child) born out of wedlock, illegitimate (born to unmarried parents)
- Synonym: νόθος (nóthos)
- (rare) Synonym of εξωσυζυγικός (exosyzygikós, “extramarital, extraconjugal”)
Declension
editDeclension of εξώγαμος
| number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | εξώγαμος • | εξώγαμη • | εξώγαμο • | εξώγαμοι • | εξώγαμες • | εξώγαμα • |
| genitive | εξώγαμου • | εξώγαμης • | εξώγαμου • | εξώγαμων • | εξώγαμων • | εξώγαμων • |
| accusative | εξώγαμο • | εξώγαμη • | εξώγαμο • | εξώγαμους • | εξώγαμες • | εξώγαμα • |
| vocative | εξώγαμε • | εξώγαμη • | εξώγαμο • | εξώγαμοι • | εξώγαμες • | εξώγαμα • |
Related terms
edit- ενδογαμικός (endogamikós)
- εξωγαμία f (exogamía)
- εξωγαμικός (exogamikós)
References
edit- ^ εξώγαμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language