ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ, γυναικωνιτιν
GYNAIKŌNITIN, gynaikōnitin
Sounds Like: goo-ny-koh-NEE-tin
Translations: women's quarters, a women's quarters, harem, a harem, gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
From the root: ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the part of a house or building that is reserved for women, often found in ancient Greek or Middle Eastern homes. It is used to denote the private living space for women within a household. It is a compound word, derived from 'γυνή' (woman) and a suffix indicating a place.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 2:33
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.
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΔΟΣ — of the women's quarters, of the women's apartment, of the gynaeceum
- ΤΗΝΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ — the women's quarters, a women's quarters, the gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
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