ΤΗΝΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ, τηνγυναικωνιτιν
TĒNGYNAIKŌNITIN, tēngynaikōnitin
Sounds Like: teen goo-nah-ee-koh-NEE-tin
Translations: the women's quarters, a women's quarters, the gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
From the root: ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the women's quarters in a house, often a separate part of the dwelling where women lived and worked, especially in ancient Greek and Roman households. It is a compound word derived from 'γυνή' (woman) and '-ωνῖτις' (a suffix indicating a place or room). In this form, it is the accusative singular of 'γυναικωνῖτις', meaning it would be used as the direct object of a verb or after certain prepositions.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:16
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
- ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝΙΤΙΝ — women's quarters, a women's quarters, harem, a harem, gynaeceum, a gynaeceum
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