gynaeceum

See also: gynæceum

English

Alternative forms

• gynæceum (dated)

Etymology

From Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).

Noun

gynaeceum (plural gynaeceums or gynaecea)

1. (historical) The women's quarters in a household, especially of ancient Greece or Rome.

   Synonym: gynaeconitis

   Coordinate term: andronitis

2. (obsolete) Establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.

Translations

women's quarters in a household

• Armenian: կանանոց (hy) (kananocʻ)
• Catalan: gineceu m
• Finnish: gynaikeion (fi)
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• French: gynécée (fr) m
• Latin: gynaecēum
• Polish: gineceum n, gyneceum n

establishment in Rome

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References

• 1906, William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, page 2667.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡy.nae̯ˈkeː.um/, [ɡʏnäe̯ˈkeːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.neˈt͡ʃe.um/, [d͡ʒineˈt͡ʃɛːum]

Noun

gynaecēum n (genitive gynaecēī); second declension

1. womens quarters in a Greek house

Declension

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

References

• “gynaeceum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gynaeceum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gynaeceum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)