A.“γυνή” Alc.Com.32): dual γυναι^κε S.Ant.61: pl. γυναῖκες, γυναικῶν, etc. (as if from γύναιξ wh. is only found in Gramm., cf. Hdn.Gr.2.643): gen. “γυναικείων” Phoc.3 (s. v.l.): Aeol. dat. pl. “γυναίκεσσι” Sapph.Supp.7.6: Com. acc. “γυνήν” Pherecr.91: pl. nom. “γυναί” Philippid.2, Men.484, acc. “γυνάς” Com.Adesp.1336, cf. EM243.24,AB86:—woman, opp.man,Il.15.683, etc.: with a second Subst., γ. ταμίη housekeeper, 6.390; “δέσποινα” Od.7.347; γρηΰς (q. v.), ἀλετρίς (q. v.), “δμῳαὶ γυναῖκες” Il.9.477,al.; “Περσίδες γ.” Hdt.3.3: voc., as a term of respect or affection, mistress, lady, E.Med.290, Theoc.15.12, etc.; φαντὶ γυναῖκες the lasses say, Id.20.30; πρὸς γυναικός like a woman, A.Ag.592: prov., “γ. μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν” Id.Supp. 749; ὅρκους γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω (cf. “γράφω” 11) S.Fr.811; “γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει” Id.Aj.293.
II. wife, spouse, Il.6.160, Od.8.523, Hdt.1.34, etc.; “γ. καὶ παρθένοι” X.An.3.2.25; opp. ἑταίρα, Is.3.13; γ. γνησία, PEleph.1.3 (iv B. C.); also, concubine, Il.24.497.
IV. female, mate of animals, Arist.Pol.1262a22 (dub. sens.), Xenarch.14, etc.— Not to be taken as Adj. in “γυναῖκα θήσατο μαζόν” Il.24.58. (Cf. Ved. gnā- (freq. disyll.), Skt. janis.）
