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γύης

gues

lands

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What it meant

1. γύης · gyēs — Beekes

γύης, -ov [m.] a. ‘the curved piece of wood in a plough (Hes. Op. 427, 436), ἄροτρον avtoyvov ‘plough whose ying is of one piece with the ἔλυμα and ἱστοβοεύς, not fitted together (mxtovy (Hes.); b. ‘lands’ (trag.), mostly plur., also a measure in τετρά-γυος ‘of four y.’, etc. (Hom.); sometimes fem., cf. yor: μέτρον πλέθρου ‘measure of 100 ft./10,000 sq. ft” (H.); also γύος [m.] (pap.); c. ‘the system of ἀστράγαλοι᾽ … — [Beekes, s.v. γύης, p. 337]

2. γύης · gyēs — Frisk

γύης, -ov m. 1. “Krummholz am Pflug’ (Hes. Op. 427, 436), ἄροτρον αὐτόγυον "Pflug, an dem Krummholz und Scharbaum aus einem Stück bestanden’ (Hes., A. R.); 2. gew. im Plur. ‘Ackerländer, Wiesen’ (Trag., Tab. Heracl., Pap.), auch als Maßbezeichnung in τετρά-γυος usw. (Hom. usw.); vereinzelt als Fem. überliefert, vgl. γύη" μέτρον πλέϑρου H.; auch γύος m. (Pap.); 3. “das Gefüge der Halsknöchel’ (H., Poll.). Wegen des … — [Frisk, s.v. γύης, p. 363]

3. γύης · gyēs — Frisk

γύης. Über das schon im Altertum dunkle ἀμφίγυος mit dupıγυήεις 5. außer Chantr. m. Lit. noch Deroy Rev. de l’histoire des rel. 150 (1956) 129ff. und Humbach Studi Pisani II 569ff. mit neuen Hypothesen. — [Frisk, s.v. γύης, p. 2192]

4. γύης · gyēs — LSJ

the curved piece of wood, the tree

the curved piece of wood in a plough, to which the share was fitted, the tree, Hes. Op. 427, 436.

II a measure of land, field, lands

a measure of land, rarely in sg., E. Heracl. 839, v.l. in S. Fr. 601; field, PTeb. 105.15 (ii B. C.); γ. ἄνυδρος POxy. 918ii 10 (ii A. D.): more freq. in pl., lands, Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας A. Pr. 371; ἀνηρότους γύας ib. 708; αὐτόσποροι γ. Id. Fr. 196.5; οἱ πλησίοι γ. S. OC 58, cf. Tab.Heracl. 2.13.

metaph. of a wife, ἀρώσιμοι γ. S. Ant. 569.

= ἀστραγάλων, σύνθεσις, Hsch.

γύαι· ὁδοί, Id. (Fem. (cf. γύη· μέτρον πλέθρου, Hsch.), E. Hel. 89, Ba. 13 codd.: but τούς, τούσδε Elmsl.)

In the wild

γύας · gyas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 369–371
γύας · gyas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 707–708
γύας · gyas Aristophanes, Birds 230 (DIORISIS sentence 208)
γύας · gyas Aristophanes, Birds 995 (DIORISIS sentence 732)
γύας · gyas Euripides, Bacchae 13–22
γύας · gyas Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 32)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γύης (scan p. 337; entry #1513). Root candidates: *gou-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γύης (scan pp. 363-364; entry #1373).

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