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

 

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)
  • Greek: Γανυμήδης (Ganymídis)
  • → Latin: Ganymēdēs
  • → Faliscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄 (canumede)

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

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