γυναικών

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυνή (gunḗ, woman) +‎ -ών (-ṓn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γῠναικών (gunaikṓnm (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

Descendants

Greek

Noun

γυναικών (gynaikónf

  1. Genitive plural form of γυναίκα (gynaíka).
  2. ladies (toilet)