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English
Etymology
From Latin gynaecōnītis.
Noun
gynaeconitis
- (Ancient Rome) A gynaeceum.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυναικωνῖτις (gunaikōnîtis).
Noun
gynaecōnītis f (genitive gynaecōnītidis); third declension
- Gynæceum. In Ancient Greece, the portion of a house reserved for women.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “gynaeconitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gynaeconitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gynaeconitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gynaeconitis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gynaeconitis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gynaeconitis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- By Sir William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, J. Murray, 1878, p. 220.
- Blundell, Sue. Women in Ancient Greece. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995., p. 139