γυῖον

See also: γυιόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“hand; to bend”). See also ἐγγῠ́ς (engŭ́s, “nearby”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γυῖον • (guîon) n (genitive γυίου); second declension (Epic, poetic)

  1. (plural only) limbs
  2. hand
  3. body

Declension

Second declension of τὸ γυῖον; τοῦ γυίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ γυῖον
tò guîon 		τὼ γυίω
tṑ guíō 		τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ
tằ guîă
Genitive τοῦ γυίου
toû guíou 		τοῖν γυίοιν
toîn guíoin 		τῶν γυίων
tôn guíōn
Dative τῷ γυίῳ
tōî guíōi 		τοῖν γυίοιν
toîn guíoin 		τοῖς γυίοις
toîs guíois
Accusative τὸ γυῖον
tò guîon 		τὼ γυίω
tṑ guíō 		τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ
tằ guîă
Vocative γυῖον
guîon 		γυίω
guíō 		γυῖᾰ
guîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γυῖᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290

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