The corpus record

γᾰμετ-ή

gamete · ἡ

married woman, wife

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

married woman, wife

married woman, wife, opp. concubine, [γυναῖκα] κτητήν, οὐ γαμετήν Hes. Op. 406, cf. Pl. Lg. 841d, Lys. 1.31 (pl.), Men. Pk. 237, PTeb. 104.17 (i B. C.), etc.; γαμετῇ ἀλόχῳ Epigr.Gr. 310 (Smyrna); so γαμετή alone, A. Supp. 165 (lyr.), Arist. Fr. 144, POxy. 795.4 (i A. D.); τέκνα καὶ γαμετάς Phld. Ir. p.53 W., cf. Herc. 1457.10, al.

In the wild

γαμετῆς · gametēs Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..17 (DIORISIS sentence 221)
γαμετῆς · gametēs Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..4 (DIORISIS sentence 58)
γαμετὰς · gametas Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
γαμετήν · gametēn Epictetus, Discourses 2.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3421)
γαμετήν · gametēn Works and Days 405–409
γαμετῆς · gametēs Plato, Laws 841

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Where it came from

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