γῠναικ-εῖος, α, ον A. Ch. 630 (lyr.), also ος, ον ib. 878, E. IA 233 (lyr.): Ion. γῠναικ-ήιος, η, ον: (γυνή): -
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1. of or belonging to women, feminine, γυναικεῖαι βουλαί a woman’s designs, Od. 11.437; λουτρόν Hes. Op. 753; ἔργα Hdt. 4.114; κόσμος Pl. R. 373c; σκεῦος (i.e. woman) [1Pe 3:7]; γ.αἰδοῖον, τόποι, χῶροι, Gal. UP 15.3, Aret. SA 2.11, CA 2.10; κόλπος (= αἰδοῖον) Sor. 1.16; ῥοῦς leucorrhoea, Id. 2.43; γονόρροια Aret. SD 2.11; ἰατρός Sor. 2.3; γ. ἀγορά Thphr. Char. 2.9; ἡγ. θεός, = Lat. bona dea, Plu. Caes. 9, Cic. 19; γ. πόλεμος war with women, AP 7.352 (Mel. (?)).
2. in bad sense, womanish, effeminate, πένθος Archil. 9.10; δράματα Ar. Th. 151; μαθήματα Pl. Alc. 1.127a; γ. καὶ σμικρὰ διάνοια Id. R. 469d. Adv. -είως, πικραίνεσθαι Id. Lg. 731d; ἐμπικραίνεσθαι Eus.Mynd. 54; διακεῖσθαι D.C. 38.18.
II as Subst.,
1 ἡ γυναικεία, Ion. -ηΐη, = γυναικών, part of the house reserved for the women, Hdt. 5.20, LXX To. 2.11. ἡ γ. (sc. ἀγορά), Thphr. Char. 22.10.
2. τὰ γυναικεῖα partes muliebres, Hp. Epid. 1.26. ε’, Aret. SA 2.11. = τὰ καταμήνια, Hp. Aph. 5.28, Arist. PA 648a31, al., LXX [Gen 18:11]. lochia, Gal. 17(2).817. female disorders, title of works by Hp. and Sor., cf. Thphr. HP 4.8.6, Aret. CA 1.3. (sc. φάρμακα) remedies for female complaints, Hp. Mul. 1.64. women’s garments, PSI 4.341.7 (iii B. C.).
3. γυναικεῖον, τό, = στίβι, Dsc. 5.84.