γαμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

γᾰ́μος (gắmos, “a wedding”; “marriage”, “wedlock”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of or pertaining to”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.mi.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.miˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/

Adjective

γᾰμῐκός • (gămĭkós) m (feminine γᾰμῐκή, neuter γᾰμῐκόν); first/second declension

of or for marriage, marital
(of persons) of marriageable age

Declension

First and second declension of γᾰμῐκός; γᾰμῐκή; γᾰμῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	γᾰμῐκός gămĭkós	γᾰμῐκή gămĭkḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκοί gămĭkoí	γᾰμῐκαί gămĭkaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Genitive	γᾰμῐκοῦ gămĭkoû	γᾰμῐκῆς gămĭkês	γᾰμῐκοῦ gămĭkoû	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gămĭkaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn
Dative	γᾰμῐκῷ gămĭkōî	γᾰμῐκῇ gămĭkēî	γᾰμῐκῷ gămĭkōî	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gămĭkaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκοῖς gămĭkoîs	γᾰμῐκαῖς gămĭkaîs	γᾰμῐκοῖς gămĭkoîs
Accusative	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón	γᾰμῐκήν gămĭkḗn	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκούς gămĭkoús	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ς gămĭkā́s	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Vocative	γᾰμῐκέ gămĭké	γᾰμῐκή gămĭkḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκοί gămĭkoí	γᾰμῐκαί gămĭkaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	γᾰμῐκῶς gămĭkôs			γᾰμῐκώτερος gămĭkṓteros			γᾰμῐκώτᾰτος gămĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γᾰμῐκόν (gămĭkón)
τῠπογρᾰ́φου γᾰμῐκοῦ (tŭpogrắphou gămĭkoû)

Descendants

English: gamic
Latin: gamicus

References

“γᾰμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γαμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
γαμικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γαμικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bridal idem, page 97.
- conjugal idem, page 160.
- connubial idem, page 161.
- hymeneal idem, page 412.
- marriage idem, page 514.
- nuptial idem, page 563.
- wedding idem, page 971.