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γυναικωνῖτις

γυναικωνῖτις, the women’s apartments

γῠναικ-ωνῖτις, ιδος, ἡ,
  • womenʼs apartments in a house, opp. ἀνδρών (cf. γυναικών), Lys. 1.9, Men. 519, Ph. 1.107, etc.; harem of an eastern prince, i.e. the women, Plu. Cat.Mi. 30, Praec. 819d; at Jerusalem, the womenʼs court in the Temple, J. BJ 5.5.2.
      • 2 as Adj., ἡ γ. αὐλή the court of the womenʼs apartments, D.S. 17.50; ἑστία Ph. 1.312.

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