woman

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substantive

P. and V. γυνή, 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 γυναικοπληθεῖς (Eur., Alcibiades 951).

women's quarters: P. γυναικών, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and P. γυναικωνῖτις, ἡ.

if she be a true woman: V. εἴπερ γυναικῶν ἐστι τῶν ἄλλων μία (Eur., Medea 945).

warfare wherein women are the slayers: V. θηλυκτόνος Ἄρης (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus

860).

of a woman, adj.: P. and V. γυναικεῖος.

woman shaped: V. θηλύμορφος, γυναικόμορφος.

woman voiced: Ar. γυναικόφωνος.

play the woman, v.: Ar. γυναικίζειν; see be unmanned.