The corpus record

γᾰμ-ικός

gamikos

of, for marriage, connubial

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Where it lives

Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Politics 5 · 0.77/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

of, for marriage, connubial, bridal, bridal, wedding, questions of marriage-rights, as at a wedding

of or for marriage, νόμοι Pl. Lg. 721a; γ. ὁμιλία connubial intercourse, Arist. Pol. 1334b32; γ. ὑμέναιος Pherecr. 12 D.; γ. ὕμνος a bridal song, Hippoloch. ap. Ath. 4.130a, Porph. Marc. 2; συγγραφή POxy. 1473.25 (iii A. D.); τὰ γ. bridal, wedding, Th. 2.15; questions of marriage-rights, Id. 6.6, cf. Arist. Pol. 1304a14. Adv. -κῶς ἑστιᾶν feast as at a wedding, Id. EN 1123a22.

2 marriage-contract

γαμικόν, τό, marriage-contract, POxy. 903.17 (iv A. D.).

II of marriageable age

of persons, of marriageable age, Epigr.Gr. 288.7 (Cyprus): pr. n. in IG 14.496.

In the wild

γαμικῶς · gamikōs Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1123a (DIORISIS sentence 1247)
γαμική · gamikē Aristotle, Politics 1253b (DIORISIS sentence 61)
γαμική · gamikē Aristotle, Politics 1259a (DIORISIS sentence 279)
γαμικῶν · gamikōn Aristotle, Politics 1304a (DIORISIS sentence 1899)
γαμικῆς · gamikēs Aristotle, Politics 1306a (DIORISIS sentence 1963)
γαμικὴν · gamikēn Aristotle, Politics 1334b (DIORISIS sentence 2890)

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