γαμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

γᾰ́μος (gắmos, “a wedding”; “marriage”, “wedlock”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of or pertaining to”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.mi.kós/ → /ɣa.miˈkos/ → /ɣa.miˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.mi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.miˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.miˈkos/

Adjective

γᾰμῐκός • (gămĭkós) m (feminine γᾰμῐκή, neuter γᾰμῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for marriage, marital
2. (of persons) of marriageable age

Declension

First and second declension of γᾰμῐκός; γᾰμῐκή; γᾰμῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γᾰμῐκός gămĭkós	γᾰμῐκή gămĭkḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón		γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ		γᾰμῐκοί gămĭkoí	γᾰμῐκαί gămĭkaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Genitive		γᾰμῐκοῦ gămĭkoû	γᾰμῐκῆς gămĭkês	γᾰμῐκοῦ gămĭkoû		γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gămĭkaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn		γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn	γᾰμῐκῶν gămĭkôn
Dative		γᾰμῐκῷ gămĭkôi	γᾰμῐκῇ gămĭkêi	γᾰμῐκῷ gămĭkôi		γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn	γᾰμῐκαῖν gămĭkaîn	γᾰμῐκοῖν gămĭkoîn		γᾰμῐκοῖς gămĭkoîs	γᾰμῐκαῖς gămĭkaîs	γᾰμῐκοῖς gămĭkoîs
Accusative		γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón	γᾰμῐκήν gămĭkḗn	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón		γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ		γᾰμῐκούς gămĭkoús	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ς gămĭkā́s	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Vocative		γᾰμῐκέ gămĭké	γᾰμῐκή gămĭkḗ	γᾰμῐκόν gămĭkón		γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ	γᾰμῐκᾱ́ gămĭkā́	γᾰμῐκώ gămĭkṓ		γᾰμῐκοί gămĭkoí	γᾰμῐκαί gămĭkaí	γᾰμῐκᾰ́ gămĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γᾰμῐκῶς gămĭkôs				γᾰμῐκώτερος gămĭkṓteros				γᾰμῐκώτᾰτος gămĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γᾰμῐκόν (gămĭkón)
• τῠπογρᾰ́φου γᾰμῐκοῦ (tŭpogrắphou gămĭkoû)

Descendants

• English: gamic
• Latin: gamicus

References

• “γᾰμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γαμικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαμικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • conjugal idem, page 160.
  • connubial idem, page 161.
  • hymeneal idem, page 412.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • nuptial idem, page 563.
  • wedding idem, page 971.