γυναικών

See also: γυναικῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γῠναικών • (gŭnaikṓn) 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, tōî andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tōî 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 gŭnaikṓn 		τὼ γῠναικῶνε
tṑ gŭnaikône 		οἱ γῠναικῶνες
hoi gŭnaikônes
Genitive τοῦ γῠναικῶνος
toû gŭnaikônos 		τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν
toîn gŭnaikṓnoin 		τῶν γῠναικώνων
tôn gŭnaikṓnōn
Dative τῷ γῠναικῶνῐ
tōî gŭnaikônĭ 		τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν
toîn gŭnaikṓnoin 		τοῖς γῠναικῶσῐ / γῠναικῶσῐν
toîs gŭnaikôsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν γῠναικῶνᾰ
tòn gŭnaikônă 		τὼ γῠναικῶνε
tṑ gŭnaikône 		τοὺς γῠναικῶνᾰς
toùs gŭnaikônăs
Vocative γῠναικών
gŭnaikṓn 		γῠναικῶνε
gŭnaikône 		γῠναικῶνες
gŭnaikônes
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 of γυναίκα (gynaíka)
  2. ladies (toilet)
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