γάμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wedding]], Il.5.4.29, al.; γάμοι εἰλαπίναι τε 18.491; <b class="b3">γάμον τεύχειν</b> [[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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[marriage]], [[wedlock]], Il.13.382, etc.; ἄγειν [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ γάμῳ X.''An.''2.4.8; ἀγαγέσθαι τινὰ πρὸς γάμον Plu.''Cat.Ma.''24; <b class="b3">τὸν Οἰνέως γ.</b> 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 plural, A.''Pr.''558 (lyr.), 739 (lyr.), ''Ag.''1156 (lyr.), etc.; cf. [[γαμέω]] ''1'': also <b class="b3">τοῖς μεθημερινοῖς γάμοις</b>, i.e. [[prostitution]], D.18.129; <b class="b3">Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους</b>, 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, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.4.19, do not establish the sense of a [[wife]]; for E.''Tr.''357, v. [[γαμέω]] 1.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> ἱερὸς γάμος = [[ritual]] [[marriage]], Men.320, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], ''EM''468.56; as a nickname, Anaxandr.34.2; name of play by Ale.Com.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Pythag. name for [[three]], Theol.Ar.16; for [[five]], Plu.2.388c; for [[six]], Theo Sm.p.102H., ''Theol.Ar.''33.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[Γάμος]] personified, Philox.13, Lib.''Or.''5.27.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> name of [[month]] at [[Epidaurus]], ''IG''4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. jāmís '[[brother]] or [[sister]]', Lat. [[geminus]].)