γάγγαμον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γαγγάμη (gangámē)

Etymology

Technical term, certainly of foreign origin and probably Pre-Greek. Not related to γέντο (génto, “he grasped”). Neumann connects it with Hittite [script needed] (kank-, “to hang”) but this is most uncertain.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡáŋ.ɡa.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡa.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/

Noun

γάγγᾰμον • (gángămon) n (genitive γαγγᾰ́μου); second declension

small round net, especially for catching oysters
(anatomy) umbilical region

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γάγγᾰμον; τοῦ γαγγᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γάγγᾰμον tò gángămon	τὼ γαγγᾰ́μω tṑ gangắmō	τᾰ̀ γάγγᾰμᾰ tằ gángămă
Genitive	τοῦ γαγγᾰ́μου toû gangắmou	τοῖν γαγγᾰ́μοιν toîn gangắmoin	τῶν γαγγᾰ́μων tôn gangắmōn
Dative	τῷ γαγγᾰ́μῳ tôi gangắmōi	τοῖν γαγγᾰ́μοιν toîn gangắmoin	τοῖς γαγγᾰ́μοις toîs gangắmois
Accusative	τὸ γάγγᾰμον tò gángămon	τὼ γαγγᾰ́μω tṑ gangắmō	τᾰ̀ γάγγᾰμᾰ tằ gángămă
Vocative	γάγγᾰμον gángămon	γαγγᾰ́μω gangắmō	γάγγᾰμᾰ gángămă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γαγγαμεύς (gangameús)
γαγγαμευτής (gangameutḗs)
γαγγαμουλκός (gangamoulkós)

Descendants

Greek: γαγγάβα (gangáva)
- → Ottoman Turkish: غانگاوه (gangava)
  - Turkish: gangava
→ Latin: gangamon
- → Italian: angamo

“γάγγαμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γάγγαμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γάγγαμον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN