γαμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

γᾰ́μος (gámos, “a wedding”; “marriage”, “wedlock”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “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 • (gamikós) 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 gamikós	γᾰμῐκή gamikḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκοί gamikoí	γᾰμῐκαί gamikaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Genitive	γᾰμῐκοῦ gamikoû	γᾰμῐκῆς gamikês	γᾰμῐκοῦ gamikoû	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gamikaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn
Dative	γᾰμῐκῷ gamikôi	γᾰμῐκῇ gamikêi	γᾰμῐκῷ gamikôi	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gamikaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκοῖς gamikoîs	γᾰμῐκαῖς gamikaîs	γᾰμῐκοῖς gamikoîs
Accusative	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón	γᾰμῐκήν gamikḗn	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκούς gamikoús	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ς gamikā́s	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Vocative	γᾰμῐκέ gamiké	γᾰμῐκή gamikḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκοί gamikoí	γᾰμῐκαί gamikaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	γᾰμῐκῶς gamikôs			γᾰμῐκώτερος gamikṓteros			γᾰμῐκώτᾰτος gamikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γᾰμῐκόν (gamikón)
τῠπογρᾰ́φου γᾰμῐκοῦ (tupográphou gamikoû)

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 (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.

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