γάμος
See also: Γάμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡá.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.mos/
Noun
γᾰ́μος • (gámos) m (genitive γᾰ́μου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- marriage, wedding, bridelock
- matrimony, the state of being married, wedlock
Declension
Second declension of ὁ γᾰ́μος; τοῦ γᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γᾰ́μος ho gámos | τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gámō | οἱ γᾰ́μοι hoi gámoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γᾰ́μου toû gámou | τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gámoin | τῶν γᾰ́μων tôn gámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γᾰ́μῳ tôi gámōi | τοῖν γᾰ́μοιν toîn gámoin | τοῖς γᾰ́μοις toîs gámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γᾰ́μον tòn gámon | τὼ γᾰ́μω tṑ gámō | τοὺς γᾰ́μους toùs gámous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰ́με gáme | γᾰ́μω gámō | γᾰ́μοι gámoi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of γᾰ́μος; γᾰ́μου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | γᾰ́μος gámos | γᾰ́μω gámō | γᾰ́μοι gámoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | γᾰ́μου / γᾰμοῖο / γᾰ́μοιο / γᾰμόο / γᾰ́μοο gámou / gamoîo / gámoio / gamóo / gámoo | γᾰ́μοιῐν gámoiin | γᾰ́μων gámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | γᾰ́μῳ gámōi | γᾰ́μοιῐν gámoiin | γᾰ́μοισῐ / γᾰ́μοισῐν / γᾰ́μοις gámoisi(n) / gámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | γᾰ́μον gámon | γᾰ́μω gámō | γᾰ́μους gámous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰ́με gáme | γᾰ́μω gámō | γᾰ́μοι gámoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γᾰμέω (gaméō)
- γᾰμῐκός (gamikós)
- Γᾰ́μος (Gámos)
Related terms
- γαμβρός (gambrós)
- γαμέτις (gamétis)
- γαμέτης (gamétēs)
- 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 Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γάμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γάμος 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
- γάμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γάμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “γάμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- 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, 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.
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)
- marriage, wedding (ceremony)
- marriage (social institution)
Declension
declension of γάμος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | γάμος • | γάμοι • |
genitive | γάμου • | γάμων • |
accusative | γάμο • | γάμους • |
vocative | γάμε • | γάμοι • |
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