The corpus record

γᾰμήλ-ιος

gamelios

of, for a wedding, bridal, nuptial, presiding over marriage

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

of, for a wedding, bridal, nuptial, presiding over marriage

of or for a wedding, bridal, nuptial, κοίτη A. Supp. 805 (lyr.); τέλος Id. Eu. 835; χοαί Id. Ch. 487; λέκτρα Id. Fr. 242; εὐνή E. Med. 673; οὐχ ἧψαν φῶς τὸ γ. Epigr.Gr. 256.7 (Cyprus); ζυγὸν γ. IG 14.2125; of divinities, presiding over marriage, Ath. 5.185b, Poll. 1.24; Ἀφροδίτα E. Fr. 781.17 (lyr.).

II bride cake

as Subst., γαμήλιος (sc. πλακοῦς), ὁ, bride cake, Philetaer. 13.5.

2 wedding-feast, the wedding feast

γαμηλία (sc. θυσία), ἡ, wedding-feast, γαμηλίαν εἰσφέρειν τοῖς φράτερσι contribute the wedding feast for oneʼs clansmen, D. 57.69; τοῖς φ. ὑπέρ τινος ib. 43, cf. Is. 3.79: abs., ib. 76.

In the wild

γαμηλίου · gamēliou Aeschylus, Eumenides 834–836
γαμηλίους · gamēlious Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 486–487
γαμηλίου · gamēliou Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 804–805
γαμηλίου · gamēliou Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 708)
γαμηλίοις · gamēliois Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 190)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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