Ancient Greek

Noun

γᾰ́μος • ‎(gámos) m ‎(genitive γᾰ́μου); second declension

1. marriage, wedding
2. matrimony, the state of being married

Declension

Derived terms

• γᾰμέω ‎(gaméō)
• γᾰμῐκός ‎(gamikós)
• Γᾰ́μος ‎(Gámos)

Related terms

• γαμβρός ‎(gambrós)
• γαμέτις ‎(gamétis)
• γαμέτης ‎(gamétēs)
• γαμήλιος ‎(gamḗlios)

Descendants

• English: aetheogam, bigamy, geitonogamy, monogamy, polygamy, xenogamy
• Greek: γάμος ‎(gámos), -γαμία ‎(-gamía)

References

• γάμος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γάμος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γάμος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «γάμος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «γάμος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «γάμος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• γάμος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1062”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alliance idem, page 23.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • bride idem, page 97.
  • espousal idem, page 282.
  • feast idem, page 312.
  • hand idem, page 382.
  • marriage idem, page 514.
  • marriage feast idem, page 515.
  • nuptials idem, page 563.
  • union idem, page 922.
  • wedding idem, page 971.
  • wedding feast idem, page 971.
  • wedlock idem, page 972.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος ‎(gámos), Proto-Indo-European *ǵeme- ‎(“to marry”).

Noun

γάμος • ‎(gámos) m ‎(plural γάμοι)

1. marriage, wedding (ceremony)
2. marriage (social institution)

Declension

Related terms

• άγαμος ‎(ágamos, “unmarried, celibate”)
• έγγαμος ‎(éngamos, “married”)
• γάμος ομοφύλων m ‎(gámos omofýlon, “same-sex marriage”)

External links

• γάμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el