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gўnaecēum

gўnaecēum · n

the inner part of the house where the women dwelt

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What it meant

gўnaecēum — Lewis & Short

gўnaecēum or gўnaecīum (gun-), i, n., = gunaikei=on.

I Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

II Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments: matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur, Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.

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