ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΔΟΣ, γυναικωνιτιδος
GYNAIKŌNITIDOS, gynaikōnitidos
Sounds Like: goo-nah-ee-koh-nee-TEE-doss
Translations: of the women's quarters, of the women's apartment, of the gynaeceum
From the root: ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the women's quarters or apartment in a house, particularly in ancient Greek and Roman homes. It describes a part of the house specifically designated for women. It is a compound word derived from 'woman' and a suffix indicating a place.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ — women's quarters, a women's quarters, harem, a harem, gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
- ΤΗΝΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ — the women's quarters, a women's quarters, the gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
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