1. γυνή · gynē — Beekes
wife, woman
The corpus record
γυνή
gune
wife, woman
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Thesmophoriazusae 69 · 98.08/10k
- Lysistrata 74 · 93.3/10k
- Susanna (LXX) 7 · 91.62/10k
- Against Spudias 17 · 87.72/10k
- On the Murder of Eratosthenes 20 · 83.19/10k
- Ruth 13 · 67.71/10k
- Against Onetor 1 15 · 63.88/10k
- 1 Corinthians 41 · 60.7/10k
- Against Neaera 55 · 60.42/10k
- Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 31 · 59.01/10k
- 1 Timothy 9 · 56.82/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 41 · 53.74/10k
Densest 12 of 217 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. γυνὴ · gynē — Chantraine
7 γυνὴ ἐπὶ μωρίᾳ διαθαλλομένη, ἦν φασιν ἐνοπτριCan τῇ ἰδια εἰκόνι ὡς ἑτέρᾳ διαλέ
3. γυνή · gynē — Chantraine
γυναικός : ἴ
4. γυνή · gynē — Frisk
Kypr
5. γῠνή · gynē — LSJ
woman, man, mistress, lady
Attestations
- γυνὴ · gynē Iliad 1.348
- γυναικὸς · gynaikos Iliad 1.429
- γυναῖκες · gynaikes Iliad 2.226
- γυναῖκα · gynaika Iliad 2.232
- γυναῖκες · gynaikes Iliad 2.289
- γυναικῶν · gynaikōn Iliad 2.714
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 338-339; entry #1518 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 256-257; entry #1753 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2192; entry #6806 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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