γυῖον

See also: γυιόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“hand; to bend”). See also ἐγγῠ́ς (engús, “nearby”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡŷː.on/ → /ˈʝy.on/ → /ˈʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡŷː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡy.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.on/

Noun

γυῖον • (guîon) n (genitive γυίου); second declension (Epic, poetic)

1. (plural only) limbs
2. hand
3. body

Declension

Second declension of τὸ γυῖον; τοῦ γυίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tà guîa
Genitive	τοῦ γυίου toû guíou	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τῶν γυίων tôn guíōn
Dative	τῷ γυίῳ tôi guíōi	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τοῖς γυίοις toîs guíois
Accusative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tà guîa
Vocative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιγύεις (amphigúeis)
• Ἀμφιγυήεις (Amphiguḗeis)
• ἀμφίγυος (amphíguos)
• γυιόχαλκος (guiókhalkos)
• ἐγγυαλίζω (engualízō)
• Ἐρίγυιος (Eríguios)

 

Further reading

• “γυῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press