gynaeceum

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Etymology

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From Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, woman). By surface analysis, gynaec- +‎ -eum.

Noun

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gynaeceum (plural gynaeceums or gynaecea)

  1. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.
    • 1926, PL Jacob, History of Prostitution, page 249:
      A master, however this may be, was very jealous of the inmates of his gyneceum, and he permitted no one to enter the place, which was protected as a sanctuary in the legislation of the Barbarians.
    • 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 61:
      It was agreeable to see men, after days in this gyneceum, bringing the place to life, to see waiters speeding to their command.
  2. (obsolete) An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.
  3. (botany) A gynoecium.
    • 1929, Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, Practical Botany, page 205:
      The androecium functions by providing the pollen-grains which are necessary to bring about fertilisation of the ovules in the gynaeceum.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon).

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Noun

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gynaecēum n (genitive gynaecēī); second declension

  1. women's quarters in a Greek house

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gynaecēum gynaecēa
Genitive gynaecēī gynaecēōrum
Dative gynaecēō gynaecēīs
Accusative gynaecēum gynaecēa
Ablative gynaecēō gynaecēīs
Vocative gynaecēum gynaecēa

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