Ancient Greek

Noun

γῠναικονόμος • ‎(gunaikonómos) m ‎(genitive γῠναικονόμου); second declension

1. supervisor of women, the title of magistrate at Athens who maintains manners among women
   • 400 BCE – 300 BCE, Timocles, Collected Works 32.3
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 272
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1299a22

Declension

Derived terms

• γῠναικονομέω ‎(gunaikonoméō)
• γῠναικονομῐ́ᾱ ‎(gunaikonomíā)

Descendants

• Latin: gynaeconomus
  • English: gynaeconome
  • French: gynéconome

References

• γῠναικονόμος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γυναικονόμος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «γυναικονόμος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «γυναικονόμος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)