γάμος

See also: Γάμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.mos/ → /ˈɣa.mos/ → /ˈɣa.mos/

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

Noun

γᾰ́μος • (gắmos) m (genitive γᾰ́μου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. marriage, wedding, bridelock
2. matrimony, the state of being married, wedlock

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γᾰ́μος; τοῦ γᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰ́μος ho gắmos	τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gắmō	οἱ γᾰ́μοι hoi gắmoi
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰ́μου toû gắmou	τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gắmoin	τῶν γᾰ́μων tôn gắmōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰ́μῳ tōî gắmōi	τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gắmoin	τοῖς γᾰ́μοις toîs gắmois
Accusative	τὸν γᾰ́μον tòn gắmon	τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gắmō	τοὺς γᾰ́μους toùs gắmous
Vocative	γᾰ́με gắme	γᾰ́μω gắmō	γᾰ́μοι gắmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of γᾰ́μος; γᾰ́μοιο / γᾰ́μου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γᾰ́μος gắmos	γᾰ́μω gắmō	γᾰ́μοι gắmoi
Genitive	γᾰ́μοιο / γᾰ́μου gắmoio / gắmou	γᾰ́μοιῐ̈ν gắmoiĭ̈n	γᾰ́μων gắmōn
Dative	γᾰ́μῳ gắmōi	γᾰ́μοιῐ̈ν gắmoiĭ̈n	γᾰ́μοισῐ / γᾰ́μοισῐν / γᾰ́μοις gắmoisĭ(n) / gắmois
Accusative	γᾰ́μον gắmon	γᾰ́μω gắmō	γᾰ́μους gắmous
Vocative	γᾰ́με gắme	γᾰ́μω gắmō	γᾰ́μοι gắmoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• γᾰμέω (găméō)
• γᾰμῐκός (gămĭkós)
• Γᾰ́μος (Gắmos)
• μονογαμίᾱ (monogamíā)

Related terms

• γαμβρός (gambrós)
• γαμέτης (gamétēs)
• γαμέτις (gamétis)
• γαμήλιος (gamḗlios)

Descendants

• English: aetheogam, bigamy, geitonogamy, monogamy, polygamy, xenogamy
• Greek: γάμος (gámos), -γαμία (-gamía)
• Mariupol Greek: га́мус (hámus)

Further reading

• “γάμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάμος” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “γάμος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γάμος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• γάμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γάμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “γάμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “γάμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 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
• G1062 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • bride idem, page 97.
  • espousal idem, page 282.
  • feast idem, page 312.
  • hand idem, page 382.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • marriage feast idem, page 515.
  • nuptials idem, page 563.
  • union idem, page 922.
  • wedding idem, page 971.
  • wedding feast idem, page 971.
  • wedlock idem, page 972.
• γάμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Compare Mariupol Greek га́мус (hámus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣamos/
• Hyphenation: γά‧μος

Noun

γάμος • (gámos) m (plural γάμοι)

1. marriage, wedding (ceremony)
2. marriage (social institution)

Declension

Declension of γάμος

	singular	plural
nominative	γάμος (gámos)	γάμοι (gámoi)
genitive	γάμου (gámou)	γάμων (gámon)
accusative	γάμο (gámo)	γάμους (gámous)
vocative	γάμε (gáme)	γάμοι (gámoi)

Derived terms

• πάρ’ τονε στο γάμο σου να σου πει και του χρόνου (pár’ tone sto gámo sou na sou pei kai tou chrónou)

Related terms

• άγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, celibate”)
• απειρόγαμος (apeirógamos, “unmarried”, adjective)
• γάμος ομοφυλοφίλων m (gámos omofylofílon, “same-sex marriage”)
• έγγαμος (éngamos, “married”)
• λευκός γάμος m (lefkós gámos, “white wedding”)
• του Κουτρούλη ο γάμος (tou Koutroúli o gámos, “pandemonium, mayhem”)

Further reading

• γάμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el