γάμος [ᾰ], ὁ,
wedding, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.4.29, +others; γάμοι εἰλαπίναι τε 18.491 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γάμον τεύχειν furnish forth a wedding, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.277; γ. δαινύναι 4.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρτύειν[[ [prev. work] 770; γάμον ποιεῖν 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.86, “Test.Epict.” 2.19: _plural_, γάμους διττοὺς ἑστιᾶν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 450; γάμους ποιεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.21, NT.Matt.22.2; ἐπιτελεῖν γ. τῆς θυγατρός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 549, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.84; οἱ κεκλημένοι εἰς τοὺς γ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.2; ἐν τοῖς γ. ἄκλητος εἰσδεδυκέναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 24. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__II marriage, wedlock, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.382, etc.; ἄγειν [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ γάμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.8; ἀγαγέσθαι τινὰ πρὸς γάμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν Οἰνέως γ. the marriage granted by O., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 792; γ. θεῶν τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 979, compare “IT” 25; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν [prev. author] “IA” 1044 (Lyric poetry); more frequently in _plural_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 558 (Lyric poetry), 739 (Lyric poetry), “Ag.” 1156 (Lyric poetry), etc.; compare γαμέω 1: also τοῖς μεθημερινοῖς γάμοις] Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. prostitution, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους, i.e. rape, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 190 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of unlawful wedlock, as of Paris and Helen, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 932; γάμοι ἄρρενες 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.22; γ. ἀνδρεῖοι 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 16.23:— 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 103, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], do not establish the sense of a wife; for [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 357, see at {γαμέω} I.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]