γυναικών

See also: γυναικῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γῠναικών • (gunaikṓn) 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:
      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, tôi andrôni, hai dè gunaîkes en henì állōi oikḗmati, tôi 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 gunaikṓn		 τὼ γῠναικῶνε
tṑ gunaikône		 οἱ γῠναικῶνες
hoi gunaikônes
Genitive τοῦ γῠναικῶνος
toû gunaikônos		 τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν
toîn gunaikṓnoin		 τῶν γῠναικώνων
tôn gunaikṓnōn
Dative τῷ γῠναικῶνῐ
tôi gunaikôni		 τοῖν γῠναικώνοιν
toîn gunaikṓnoin		 τοῖς γῠναικῶσῐ / γῠναικῶσῐν
toîs gunaikôsi(n)
Accusative τὸν γῠναικῶνᾰ
tòn gunaikôna		 τὼ γῠναικῶνε
tṑ gunaikône		 τοὺς γῠναικῶνᾰς
toùs gunaikônas
Vocative γῠναικών
gunaikṓn		 γῠναικῶνε
gunaikône		 γῠναικῶνες
gunaikônes
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 form of γυναίκα (gynaíka).
  2. ladies (toilet)
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