γυναικωνῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυναικών (gunaikṓn, “gynaeceum”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.nai̯.kɔː.nîː.tis/ → /ʝy.nɛ.koˈni.tis/ → /ʝi.ne.koˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡy.nai̯.kɔː.nîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡy.nɛ.koˈni.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝy.nɛ.koˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝy.ne.koˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝi.ne.koˈni.tis/

Noun

γῠναικωνῖτῐς • (gunaikōnîtis) f (genitive γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. gynaeceum, the portion of a house reserved for women
2. women which resided in the gynaeceum

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γῠναικωνῖτῐς; τῆς γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γῠναικωνῖτῐς hē gunaikōnîtis	τὼ γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδε tṑ gunaikōnī́tide	αἱ γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδες hai gunaikōnī́tides
Genitive	τῆς γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδος tês gunaikōnī́tidos	τοῖν γῠναικωνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn gunaikōnītídoin	τῶν γῠναικωνῑτῐ́δων tôn gunaikōnītídōn
Dative	τῇ γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδῐ têi gunaikōnī́tidi	τοῖν γῠναικωνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn gunaikōnītídoin	ταῖς γῠναικωνῑ́τῐσῐ / γῠναικωνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs gunaikōnī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn gunaikōnī́tida	τὼ γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδε tṑ gunaikōnī́tide	τᾱ̀ς γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s gunaikōnī́tidas
Vocative	γῠναικωνῖτῐς gunaikōnîtis	γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδε gunaikōnī́tide	γῠναικωνῑ́τῐδες gunaikōnī́tides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: gynaecōnītis

References

• “γυναικωνῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γυναικωνῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γυναικωνῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)