wife

Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν κτῆμα κάλλιον φίλου → Nulla est amico pulchrior possessio → Als einen Freund gibt's keinen schöneren Besitz

Menander, Monostichoi, 423

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P. and V. γυνή, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἄλοχος, ἡ V. σύνευνος, ἡ, ἄκοιτις, ἡ, σύλλεκτρος, ἡ, εὖνις, ἡ, δάμαρ, ἡ, συνευνέτις, ἡ, συνάορος, ἡ, ὁμευνέτις, ἡ, συζυγός, ἡ, εὐνάτειρα, ἡ, εὐνήτρια, ἡ.

Take to wife, v trans.: P. λαμβάνειν; see marry.

Have to wife: P. and V. ἔχειν (Thuc. 2, 29, Dem. 949; Eur., I. A. 701).

Old wives' tales: P. γραῶν ὕθλος, ὁ (Plat., Theaet. 176B); see also nonsense.