γάζα

See also: Γάζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median *ganza (“treasure”) spread by the Achaemenid administration, see Persian گنج (ganj).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡáz.da/ → /ˈɣa.za/ → /ˈɣa.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡáz.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/

Noun

γᾰ́ζᾰ • (gáza) f (genitive γᾰ́ζης); first declension

1. treasury, treasure
2. great riches, a large sum of money

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰ́ζᾰ; τῆς γᾰ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰ́ζᾰ hē gáza	τὼ γᾰ́ζᾱ tṑ gázā	αἱ γᾰ́ζαι hai gázai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰ́ζης tês gázēs	τοῖν γᾰ́ζαιν toîn gázain	τῶν γᾰζῶν tôn gazôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰ́ζῃ têi gázēi	τοῖν γᾰ́ζαιν toîn gázain	ταῖς γᾰ́ζαις taîs gázais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰ́ζᾰν tḕn gázan	τὼ γᾰ́ζᾱ tṑ gázā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰ́ζᾱς tā̀s gázās
Vocative	γᾰ́ζᾰ gáza	γᾰ́ζᾱ gázā	γᾰ́ζαι gázai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulákion)

Descendants

• → Latin: gaza

References

• “γάζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γάζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γάζα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1047 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From French gaze.

Noun

γάζα • (gáza) f (plural γάζες)

1. gauze (bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing)

Declension

Declension of γάζα

	singular	plural
nominative	γάζα •	γάζες •
genitive	γάζας •	γαζών •
accusative	γάζα •	γάζες •
vocative	γάζα •	γάζες •