Jastrow: גַּמִּיקִין

גַּמִּיקִין m. pl. (γαμικά, τὰ) marriage, nuptial feast (the guests of which are the witnesses of the marriage; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Marriage);wedding contract. Pesik. Haḥod. p. 52ᵇ; Yalk. Ex. 190 a king married many wives ולא כתב להם לא ג׳ ולא איפטיא but did not order in their behalf a record of the nuptial act or of the date of marriage וכיון שנשא … וכתב לה ג׳ וכ׳ but when he married a woman of noble descent, he had her marriage recorded as we read (Esth. II, 16) &c., v. אִיפַּטְיָא; Pesik. R. s. 15 כתובת גהיקן (read גמ׳). Ex. R. s. 32 שאין ביניהם גמיסקין for there is between them no wedding feast to testify to their alliance. Ex. R. s. 47 כתב לה גמיסקוס משלו he had a marriage contract written at his own expense; עֲשֵׂה לה ג׳ ולואי וכ׳ prepare thou the certificate, and would I could prevail upon myself to lend my signature to it! [Var. in ed. a. Ar. גמיקן, גמיקון, גמיסקין, גמיסקוס, v. Ar. ed. Koh. s. v. גמס, note.—The nouns γαμισκος, γαμισκα, as if from γαμίσκω, are not otherwise recorded in the Greek vocabulary, and seem to be cacophemistic perversions; cmp. גמומסית.]