woman
woman
subs.
P. and V. γῠνή, ἡ.
Old woman: P. and V. γραῦς, ἡ, γραῖα, ἡ, Ar. and P. γρᾴδιον, τό.
Young woman: see girl.
Feeble women and little children: P. γύναια καὶ παιδάρια (Dem. 361).
Crowds of women: V. σύλλογοι γῠναικοπληθεῖς (Eur. Alc. 951).
Women’s quarters: P. γυναικών, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and P. γῠναικωνῖτις, ἡ.
If she be a true woman: V. εἴπερ γυναικῶν ἐστι τῶν ἄλλων μία (Eur. Med. 945).
Warfare wherein women are the slayers: V. θηλυκτόνος Ἄρης (Aesch. P.V.
860).
Of a woman, adj.: P. and V. γῠναικεῖος.
Woman shaped: V. θηλύμορφος, γῠναικόμορφος.
Woman voiced: Ar. γῠναικόφωνος.
Play the woman, v.: Ar. γῠναικίζειν ; see be unmanned.
subs.
P. and V. γῠνή, ἡ.
Old woman: P. and V. γραῦς, ἡ, γραῖα, ἡ, Ar. and P. γρᾴδιον, τό.
Young woman: see girl.
Feeble women and little children: P. γύναια καὶ παιδάρια (Dem. 361).
Crowds of women: V. σύλλογοι γῠναικοπληθεῖς (Eur. Alc. 951).
Women’s quarters: P. γυναικών, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and P. γῠναικωνῖτις, ἡ.
If she be a true woman: V. εἴπερ γυναικῶν ἐστι τῶν ἄλλων μία (Eur. Med. 945).
Warfare wherein women are the slayers: V. θηλυκτόνος Ἄρης (Aesch. P.V.
860).
Of a woman, adj.: P. and V. γῠναικεῖος.
Woman shaped: V. θηλύμορφος, γῠναικόμορφος.
Woman voiced: Ar. γῠναικόφωνος.
Play the woman, v.: Ar. γῠναικίζειν ; see be unmanned.
WOMAN
femina (in respect of sex; opposed to vir): mulier (with reference to age not a girl): sexus muliebris (woman collectively; i.e. the female sex). A young woman puella (a girl): virgo (a virgin): adolescentula; juvenis (the former a young person up to twenty or even thirty years of age; the latter from thirty to fifty but sometimes used also for the former): an old woman anus (general term): vetula (implying dislike or contempt). Woman-kind sexus muliebris (the female sex): mulieres (women of staid age): feminae (women; opposed to viri men): women’s clothes vestis muliebris; vestimentum muliebre: in women’s clothes veste muliebri indutus; in muliebrem modum ornatus.
femina (in respect of sex; opposed to vir): mulier (with reference to age not a girl): sexus muliebris (woman collectively; i.e. the female sex). A young woman puella (a girl): virgo (a virgin): adolescentula; juvenis (the former a young person up to twenty or even thirty years of age; the latter from thirty to fifty but sometimes used also for the former): an old woman anus (general term): vetula (implying dislike or contempt). Woman-kind sexus muliebris (the female sex): mulieres (women of staid age): feminae (women; opposed to viri men): women’s clothes vestis muliebris; vestimentum muliebre: in women’s clothes veste muliebri indutus; in muliebrem modum ornatus.
ἄνθρωπος
ἄνθρωπος, ἡ, woman (noun); ἄνθρωπος, ὁ, man; fellow (noun) (1gG)
γυνή
γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ (voc. γύναι), woman; wife
γύναιον
dim. of γυνή, little woman
γραῦς
γραῦς, old woman
ξένη
a female guest: a foreign woman
γαμετή
a married woman, wife
woman of Cadiz, courtesan
Δαρδανίς
a Trojan woman
Δαυλιάς
a woman of Daulis
Δηλιάς
a Delian woman
Θρᾷσσα
a Thracian woman
Κάειρα
a Carian woman
Καρίνη
a Carian woman
Λάκαινα
Lacaena, a Laconian woman
Λεσβίς
a Lesbian woman
Μηδίς
a Median woman
Σπαρτιᾶτις
a Spartan woman
Σύρα
a Syrian woman
βαλάνισσα
a bathing-woman
γεροντογρᾴδιο
old man-woman
γραΐδιον
an old hag, old woman
γραῖα
an old woman; old
γυναικάριον
little wife, woman (dim.)
θυιάς
inspired, possessed woman (e.g. of Bacchantes)
καμινώ
a furnace-woman
κορασίς
woman
λεχωΐς
woman in childbed
λεχώ
a woman in childbed
λοχεύτρια
woman in childbed
μιξοπάρθενος
half-woman
μυωνιά
a lewd woman
νεᾶνις
a young woman, girl, maiden
πρέσβις
age; old woman, female ambassador
πρεσβῦτις
an aged woman
στήτα
woman
τεχνῖτις
crafts-woman
χαλιμάς
a shameless woman
ἀνδρίς
woman
ἀνδρόγυνος
a man-woman, hermaphrodite
ἀρτόπωλις
a bread-woman
ἡμίθηλυς
half-woman
ἡμιγύναιξ
half-woman
ἰαλεμίστρια
a wailing woman
ἄνθρωπος, ἡ, woman (noun); ἄνθρωπος, ὁ, man; fellow (noun) (1gG)
γυνή
γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ (voc. γύναι), woman; wife
γύναιον
dim. of γυνή, little woman
γραῦς
γραῦς, old woman
ξένη
a female guest: a foreign woman
γαμετή
a married woman, wife
appearing fewer than 50 times
Γαδειτάναwoman of Cadiz, courtesan
Δαρδανίς
a Trojan woman
Δαυλιάς
a woman of Daulis
Δηλιάς
a Delian woman
Θρᾷσσα
a Thracian woman
Κάειρα
a Carian woman
Καρίνη
a Carian woman
Λάκαινα
Lacaena, a Laconian woman
Λεσβίς
a Lesbian woman
Μηδίς
a Median woman
Σπαρτιᾶτις
a Spartan woman
Σύρα
a Syrian woman
βαλάνισσα
a bathing-woman
γεροντογρᾴδιο
old man-woman
γραΐδιον
an old hag, old woman
γραῖα
an old woman; old
γυναικάριον
little wife, woman (dim.)
θυιάς
inspired, possessed woman (e.g. of Bacchantes)
καμινώ
a furnace-woman
κορασίς
woman
λεχωΐς
woman in childbed
λεχώ
a woman in childbed
λοχεύτρια
woman in childbed
μιξοπάρθενος
half-woman
μυωνιά
a lewd woman
νεᾶνις
a young woman, girl, maiden
πρέσβις
age; old woman, female ambassador
πρεσβῦτις
an aged woman
στήτα
woman
τεχνῖτις
crafts-woman
χαλιμάς
a shameless woman
ἀνδρίς
woman
ἀνδρόγυνος
a man-woman, hermaphrodite
ἀρτόπωλις
a bread-woman
ἡμίθηλυς
half-woman
ἡμιγύναιξ
half-woman
ἰαλεμίστρια
a wailing woman
mulier
a woman, female
femina
a female, woman
nympha
a bride, mistress, young woman; nymph, demi-goddess inhabiting water or other natural parts
anus2
an old woman, matron, old wife, old maid
matrona
a married woman, wife, matron
vidua
an unmarried woman
muliercula
a little woman
a Greek woman
Lemnias
a Lemnian woman
Phoebas
a priestess of Phoebus; hence, an inspired woman, prophetess
amata
a beloved woman
androgynus
a man woman, hermaphrodite
marita
a married woman, wife
pacta
a betrothed woman, bride
pedisequa
a female attendant, waiting-woman, handmaid
pronuba
she who prepares the bride, bride’s-woman
serva
a female slave, hand-woman, maid
sponsa
a betrothed woman, bride
virago
a man-like woman, female warrior, heroine
a woman, female
femina
a female, woman
nympha
a bride, mistress, young woman; nymph, demi-goddess inhabiting water or other natural parts
anus2
an old woman, matron, old wife, old maid
matrona
a married woman, wife, matron
vidua
an unmarried woman
muliercula
a little woman
appearing fewer than 50 times
Achaiasa Greek woman
Lemnias
a Lemnian woman
Phoebas
a priestess of Phoebus; hence, an inspired woman, prophetess
amata
a beloved woman
androgynus
a man woman, hermaphrodite
marita
a married woman, wife
pacta
a betrothed woman, bride
pedisequa
a female attendant, waiting-woman, handmaid
pronuba
she who prepares the bride, bride’s-woman
serva
a female slave, hand-woman, maid
sponsa
a betrothed woman, bride
virago
a man-like woman, female warrior, heroine
woman
Women
Woman
- women of Patrae twice as many as men: Paus. 7.21.14
- jeer at men at festival of Demeter: Paus. 7.27.10
- scourged at festival of Dionysus: Paus. 8.23.1
- not admitted to grove of Ares during annual festival: Paus. 3.22.7
- not allowed to witness Olympic games: Paus. 5.6.7
- formerly not allowed to bring forth under shelter in sanctuary of Aesculapius: Paus. 2.27.6
- poll their hair in honour of Health: Paus. 2.11.6
- sacrifice to Aphrodite before marriage: Paus. 2.34.12
- other sacrifices offered by women: Paus. 2.35.7, Paus. 4.17.1, Paus. 8.48.5
- women formerly remained single after their husbands' death: Paus. 2.21.7
- old women as ministrants at temples: Paus. 2.35.7ff., Paus. 6.20.2, 3
- prophetic women: Paus. 2.24.1, Paus. 10.12
- women proved by drinking bull's blood: Paus. 7.25.13
- Sixteen Women weave robe of Hera and hold games called Heraea at Olympia: Paus. 5.16.2-8
- Thracian women only women admitted to sanctuary of Herakles at Erythrae: Paus. 7.5.8
- image covered with women's hair: Paus. 2.11.6
- rope of women's hair: Paus. 7.5.7ff.
- Women's Pots, swimming-bath at Thermopylae: Paus. 4.35.9
- bravery of Aetolian women: Paus. 10.22.5, of Argive women: Paus. 2.20.9ff., of Laconian women: Paus. 4.17.1, of Messenian women: Paus. 4.21.6, of Tegean women: Paus. 8.5.9, Paus. 8.48.4ff.
- image of woman with horse's head and mane: Paus. 8.42.4
- image of woman with fish's tail: Paus. 8.41.6