γάμος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ὁ,

   A wedding, Il.5.4.29, 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. IT25; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id.IA1044 (lyr.); more freq. in pl., A.Pr.558 (lyr.), 739 (lyr.), Ag.1156 (lyr.), etc.; cf. γαμέω 1: 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.VH1.22; 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 1.1.    III ἱερὸς γ. ritual marriage, Men.320, Hsch., EM468.56; as a nickname, Anaxandr.34.2; name of play by Ale.Com.    IV Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar.16; for five, Plu.2.388c; for six, Theo Sm.p.102H., Theol.Ar.33.    V Γάμος personified, Philox.13, Lib.Or.5.27.    VI name of month at Epidaurus, IG4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. jāmís 'brother or sister', Lat. geminus.)