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|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wedding]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.4.29</span>, al.; γάμοι εἰλαπίναι τε <span class="bibl">18.491</span>; <b class="b3">γάμον τεύχειν</b> furnish forth [[a wedding]], <span class="bibl">Od. 1.277</span>; γ. δαινύναι <span class="bibl">4.3</span>; [[ἀρτύειν]] ib.<span class="bibl">770</span>; γάμον ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Herod.7.86</span>, <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>2.19: pl., γάμους διττοὺς ἑστιᾶν <span class="bibl">Is.8.9</span>; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Men.450</span>; γάμους ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">D.30.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>22.2</span>; ἐπιτελεῖν γ. τῆς θυγατρός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>549</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.13.84</span>; οἱ κεκλημένοι εἰς τοὺς γ. <span class="bibl">Diph. 17.2</span>; ἐν τοῖς γ. ἄκλητος εἰσδεδυκέναι <span class="bibl">Apollod.Car.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[marriage]], [[wedlock]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.382</span>, etc.; ἄγειν [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ γάμῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.4.8</span>; ἀγαγέσθαι τινὰ πρὸς γάμον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>24</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν Οἰνέως γ</b>. the [[marriage]] granted by O., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>792</span>; γ. θεῶν τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>979</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>25</span>; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>1044</span> (lyr.); more freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>558</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">739</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1156</span> (lyr.), etc.; cf. γαμέω <span class="bibl">1</span>: also <b class="b3">τοῖς μεθημερινοῖς γάμοις</b>, i.e. [[prostitution]], <span class="bibl">D.18.129</span>; <b class="b3">Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους</b>, i.e. [[rape]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>190</span> (lyr.); of [[unlawful wedlock]], as of Paris and Helen, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 932</span>; γάμοι ἄρρενες Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.22; γ. ἀνδρεῖοι <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span>16.23</span>:—<span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Andr.</span>103</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.19</span>, do not establish the sense of [[a wife]]; for <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>357</span>, v. [[γαμέω]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἱερὸς γ</b>. [[ritual marriage]], <span class="bibl">Men.320</span>, Hsch., <span class="title">EM</span>468.56; as a nickname, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.34.2</span>; name of play by Ale.Com. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Pythag. name for [[three]], Theol.Ar.16; for [[five]], Plu.2.388c; for [[six]], Theo Sm.p.102H., <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>33. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[Γάμος]] personified, <span class="bibl">Philox.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>5.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> name of month at Epidaurus, <span class="title">IG</span>4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. [[jāmís]] 'brother or sister', Lat. [[geminus]].) </span>