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γα^μέω , fut.
A.γαμέωIl.9.388,391, contr. “γαμῶA.Pr.764, S.OT1500, Ant.750, E.Or.1655, X.Cyr.5.2.12, etc.; later “γαμήσωPlu.2.386c, Luc.Rh.Pr.8 (for “γαμήσειςTim.52 leg. γαμησείεις): aor. 1 “ἔγημαIl. 14.121, etc.; later “ἐγάμησαLXXEs.10.3, Ev.Marc.6.17, Luc.D Deor. 5.4, etc. (cf. infr. 11.2): pf. “γεγάμηκαAr.Lys.595, Pl.Lg.877e: plpf. “ἐγεγαμήκειTh.1.126:—Med., fut. Ep. “γαμέσσεταιIl.9.394 codd., Att. “γαμοῦμαιE.Ph.1673, Ar.Th.900, later “γαμήσομαιPlu.Art. 26, etc.: aor. “ἐγημάμηνOd.16.392, Anacr.86, Is.5.5, etc.:—Pass., fut. “γαμηθήσομαιJ.AJ6.13.8, Ant.Lib.1.2, D.C.58.3, Hld.5.30, etc.: aor. “ἐγαμήθηνD.H.11.34, Str.10.4.20, etc.: poet. shortd. γαμεθεῖσα v.l. in Theoc.8.91, cf. Eust.758.52: pf. “γεγάμημαιX.An.4.5.24, D. 36.32: plpf. “ἐγεγάμητοApp.BC4.23: (γάμος):—marry, i.e. take to wife, of the man, Ἀδρήστοιο δ᾽ ἔγημε θυγατρῶν one of his daughters, Il.14.121; “ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔγημε γυναῖκαOd.15.241; γ. γυναῖκα ἐς οἰκία, like ἄγεσθαι, Hdt.4.78: c. acc. cogn., “γάμον γαμεῖνA.Pr.764,909; “τὸν Ἑλένης γάμον . . γήμαςE.IA 467; γῆμαι γέκτρα βασιλέως the king's daughter, Id.Med.594: rarely c. dupl. acc., γάμους τοὺς πρώτους ἐγάμεε Κύρου δύο θυγατέρας (for πρῶτον ἐγάμεε . . θυγατέρας) Hdt.3.88, cf. E.Tr.357; also γάμῳ γ. marry in lawful wedlock, D.39.26; ἐκ κακοῦ, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γῆμαι, marry a wife of mean or noble stock, Thgn.189, 190; “ἐκ μειόνωνX.Hier.1.28; “ἐκ γενναίωνE.Andr.1279; παρά τινος ib.975, Pl.Plt.310c; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ γ. ἄλλην γυναῖκα set a stepmother over one's daughter, Hdt.4.154, cf. E.Alc.372; ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις τινὰ γαμεῖν marry a wife with a dowry of ten talents, And. 4.13.
2. of mere sexual intercourse, take for a paramour, Od. 1.36, Luc.Asin.32; “γ. βιαίως σκότιον λέχοςE.Tr.44.
3. later of the woman, “ἐὰν γαμήσῃ ἄλλονEv.Marc.10.12: abs., 1 Ep.Cor.7.28.
II. Med., give oneself or one's child in marriage:
1. of the woman, give herself in marriage, i.e. wed, c. dat., “γαμέεσθαι τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεταιOd.2.113; “γημαμένη υἷϊ: δ᾽ ὃν πατέρ᾽ ἐξεναρίξας γῆμεν11.273: abs., Hdt.4.117; “σοὶ μὲν γαμεῖσθαι μόρσιμον, γαμεῖν δ᾽ ἐμοίA.Fr.13; εἰς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην I married into a royal house, E. Tr.474; γήματο δ᾽ εἰς Μαραθῶνα, i. e. she married Herodes of Marathon, IG14.1389 i 5 (ἥν τ᾽ ἐγήματο is f.l. for τ᾽ ἐγ. in E.Med.262): ironically of a henpecked husband, “κεῖνος οὐκ ἔγημεν ἀλλ᾽ ἐγήματοAnacr.86; so Medea to Jason, μῶν γαμοῦσα . . σέ; did I marry you? E.Med.606; ἐγημάμην, of a man marrying a rich wife, Antiph.46; γαμεῖται ἕκαστος (sens. obsc.) Luc.VH1.22; “ γαμηθεὶς ὡς παρθένος κἄπειτα γενόμενος ἀνήρPhld.Sign.2; incorrectly, in later writers, “γημάμενοςApollod.3.12.6, cf. Q.S. 1.728.
2. of parents, get their children married, betroth them, get a wife for the son, Πηλεύς θήν μοι ἔπειτα γυναῖκα γαμέσσεται αὐτός (where Aristarch. γε μάσσεται will seek or make suit for) Il.9.394:—Act. aor. 1 ἐγάμησα in this sense, Men.885.
III. Pass., to be taken to wife: hence, marry a husband, Il.cc. ad init., PGrenf.2.76.11 (iv A. D.), etc.; rarely in correct authors, Poll.3.45.
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