Ancient Greek
Ἡ γυνὴ καλεῖται Σαπφὼ Λέσβου.
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷonā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀙𐀊 (ku-na-ja), Sanskrit ग्ना (gnā́), जनि (jáni), Old Armenian կին (kin), and Old English cwēn (English queen).
The weak stem is probably from the strong stem suffixed with *-keh₂ (compare μέγᾰς (mégas)). Compare also Latin mulier for the development of using hypocorisms to refer to women. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡy.nɛ̌ː/ → /ʝyˈni/ → /ʝiˈni/
Noun
γῠνή • (gunḗ) f (genitive γῠναικός); third declension
- woman, female
412 BCE,
Euripides,
Helen 329:
- Γυναῖκα γὰρ δὴ συμπονεῖν γυναικὶ χρή.
- Gunaîka gàr dḕ sumponeîn gunaikì khrḗ.
- A woman ought to help a woman.
- wife
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Further reading
- “γυνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γυνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γυνή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γυνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γυνή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γυνή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1135 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.