γῠνή,
Doric dialect γυνά, Boeotian dialect βανά (see entry), ἡ, genitive γυναικός, accusative γυναῖκα, vocative γύναι (γυνή [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 32): dual γυναῐκε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 61: _plural_ γυναῖκες, γυναικῶν, etc. (as if from γύναιξ which is only found in Grammars, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.643): _genitive_ γυναικείων 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 3 (assuming variant)] Refs 6th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect dative plural γυναίκεσσι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 7.6: Comedy texts _accusative_ γυνήν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 91: _plural_ _nominative_ γυναί 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 484, _accusative_ γυνάς “Comica Adespota” 1336, compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 243.24, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 86] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—woman, opposed to man,[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.683, etc.: with a second ] Refs 8th c.BC+] substantive, γ. ταμίη[[ housekeeper, 6.390; δέσποινα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.347 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γρηΰς (which see), ἀλετρίς (which see), δμῳαὶ γυναῖκες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.477, +others; Περσίδες γ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: vocative, as a term of respect or affection, mistress, lady, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 290, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.12, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαντὶ γυναῖκες the lasses say, [[ [prev. author] 20.30 ] Refs]; πρὸς γυναικός like a woman, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 592: proverbial, γ. μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν [prev. author] “Supp.” 749 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκους γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω [[compare (γράφω 11) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 811; γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει [prev. author] “Aj.” 293. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II wife, spouse, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.160, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.523, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, etc.; γ. καὶ παρθένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.25 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἑταίρα, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. γνησία, [[ “PEleph.” 1.3 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, concubine, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.497. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]