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γάμος

γάμος, γάμος, wedding, wedding feast; marriage

γάμος [ᾰ], ὁ,
  • wedding, Il. 5.429, al.; γάμοι εἰλαπίναι τε 18.491; γάμον τεύχειν furnish forth a wedding, Od. 1.277; γ. δαινύναι 4.3; ἀρτύειν ib. 770; γάμον ποιεῖν Herod. 7.86, Test.Epict. 2.19: pl., γάμους διττοὺς ἑστιᾶν Is. 8.9; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι Men. 450; γάμους ποιεῖν D. 30.21, Ev.Matt. 22.2; ἐπιτελεῖν γ. τῆς θυγατρός Arist. Fr. 549, cf. D.S. 13.84; οἱ κεκλημένοι εἰς τοὺς γ. Diph. 17.2; ἐν τοῖς γ. ἄκλητος εἰσδεδυκέναι Apollod.Car. 24.
    • II marriage, wedlock, Il. 13.382, etc.; ἄγειν [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ γάμῳ X. An. 2.4.8; ἀγαγέσθαι τινὰ πρὸς γάμον Plu. Cat.Ma. 24; τὸν Οἰνέως γ. the marriage granted by O., S. Tr. 792; γ. θεῶν τινος E. Tr. 979, cf. IT 25; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id. IA 1044 (lyr.); more freq. in pl., A. Pr. 558 (lyr.), 739 (lyr.), Ag. 1156 (lyr.), etc.; cf. γαμέω I: also τοῖς μεθημερινοῖς γάμοις, i.e. prostitution, D. 18.129; Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους, i.e. rape, E. Hel. 190 (lyr.); of unlawful wedlock, as of Paris and Helen, Id. Tr. 932; γάμοι ἄρρενες Luc. VH 1.22; γ. ἀνδρεῖοι Procop. Arc. 16.23:—E. Andr. 103, X. Cyr. 8.4.19, do not establish the sense of a wife; for E. Tr. 357, v. γαμέω I.1.
    • III ἱερὸς γ. ritual marriage, Men. 320, Hsch., EM 468.56; as a nickname, Anaxandr. 34.2; name of play by Ale.Com.
    • IV Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 16; for five, Plu. E apud Delph. 2.388c; for six, Theo Sm. p.102 H., Theol.Ar. 33.
    • V Γάμος personified, Philox. 13, Lib. Or. 5.27.
    • VI name of month at Epidaurus, IG 4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. jāmís ‘brother or sister’, Lat. geminus.)

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