gynaeconitis

See also: gynæconitis

English

Etymology

From Latin gynaecōnītis.

Noun

gynaeconitis

  1. (Ancient Rome) A gynaeceum.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυναικωνῖτις (gunaikōnîtis).

Noun

gynaecōnītis f (genitive gynaecōnītidis); third declension

  1. Gynæceum. In Ancient Greece, the portion of a house reserved for women.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gynaecōnītis gynaecōnītidēs
genitive gynaecōnītidis gynaecōnītidum
dative gynaecōnītidī gynaecōnītidibus
accusative gynaecōnītidem gynaecōnītidēs
ablative gynaecōnītide gynaecōnītidibus
vocative gynaecōnītis gynaecōnītidēs

References

  • gynaeconitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gynaeconitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gynaeconitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • gynaeconitis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gynaeconitis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • gynaeconitis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • By Sir William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, J. Murray, 1878, p. 220.[2]
  • Blundell, Sue. Women in Ancient Greece. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995., p. 139