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γάμος

gamos

wedding

Appears 35 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γάμος [ᾰ], ὁ,
wedding, Il. 5.429, 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. IT 25; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id. IA 1044 (lyr.); more freq. in pl., A. Pr. 558 (lyr.), 739 (lyr.), Ag. 1156 (lyr.), etc.; cf. γαμέω I: 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. VH 1.22; 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 I.1.
III. ἱερὸς γ. ritual marriage, Men. 320, Hsch., EM 468.56; as a nickname, Anaxandr. 34.2; name of play by Ale.Com.
IV. Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 16; for five, Plu. E apud Delph. 2.388c; for six, Theo Sm. p.102 H., Theol.Ar. 33.
V. Γάμος personified, Philox. 13, Lib. Or. 5.27.
VI. name of month at Epidaurus, IG 4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. jāmís ‘brother or sister’, Lat. geminus.)
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