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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -ών (-ṓn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡy.nai̯.kɔ̌ːn/ → /ʝy.nɛˈkon/ → /ʝi.neˈkon/
Noun
γῠναικών • (gŭnaikṓn) m (genitive γῠναικῶνος); third declension
- 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 • (gynaikón) f
- genitive plural of γυναίκα (gynaíka)
- ladies (toilet)