γαμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

γᾰ́μος (gámos, “a wedding”; “marriage”, “wedlock”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.mi.kós/ → /ɣa.miˈkos/ → /ɣa.miˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.mi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.miˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/

Adjective

γᾰμῐκός • (gamikós) m (feminine γᾰμῐκή, neuter γᾰμῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for marriage, marital
2. (of persons) of marriageable age

Declension

First and second declension of γᾰμῐκός; γᾰμῐκή; γᾰμῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γᾰμῐκός gamikós	γᾰμῐκή gamikḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón		γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ		γᾰμῐκοί gamikoí	γᾰμῐκαί gamikaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Genitive		γᾰμῐκοῦ gamikoû	γᾰμῐκῆς gamikês	γᾰμῐκοῦ gamikoû		γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gamikaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn		γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gamikôn
Dative		γᾰμῐκῷ gamikôi	γᾰμῐκῇ gamikêi	γᾰμῐκῷ gamikôi		γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gamikaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gamikoîn		γᾰμῐκοῖς gamikoîs	γᾰμῐκαῖς gamikaîs	γᾰμῐκοῖς gamikoîs
Accusative		γᾰμῐκόν gamikón	γᾰμῐκήν gamikḗn	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón		γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ		γᾰμῐκούς gamikoús	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ς gamikā́s	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Vocative		γᾰμῐκέ gamiké	γᾰμῐκή gamikḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gamikón		γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gamikā́	γᾰμῐκώ gamikṓ		γᾰμῐκοί gamikoí	γᾰμῐκαί gamikaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gamiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γᾰμῐκῶς gamikôs				γᾰμῐκώτερος gamikṓteros				γᾰμῐκώτᾰτος gamikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γᾰμῐκόν (gamikón)
• τῠπογρᾰ́φου γᾰμῐκοῦ (tupográphou gamikoû)

Descendants

• English: gamic
• Latin: gamicus

References

• “γᾰμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γαμικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαμικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • conjugal idem, page 160.
  • connubial idem, page 161.
  • hymeneal idem, page 412.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • nuptial idem, page 563.
  • wedding idem, page 971.