γυναικονόμος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- supervisor of women, the title of magistrate at Athens who maintains manners among women
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek γῠνή (woman) + Ancient Greek νόμος (law, custom, ordinance, melody).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νόμος
Gloss
law, custom, ordinance, melody
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -nomics English
- -nomy English
- androgynous English
- gyneromantic English
- nomism English
- nomo- English
- -nomi Finnish
- nomismi Finnish
- αὐτόνομος Ancient Greek
- γῠνή Ancient Greek
- εὐνομέομαι Ancient Greek
- νομίζω Ancient Greek
- νομικός Ancient Greek
- νομοθέτης Ancient Greek
- νομοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- νόμος Ancient Greek
- παιδονόμος Ancient Greek
- χειρονόμος Ancient Greek
- ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
- ἄνομος Ancient Greek
- ἰσονομία Ancient Greek
- *nem- Proto-Indo-European
- iseanóimeacht Irish
- نَامُوس Arabic
- Δευτερονόμιο Greek (modern)
- νόμος Greek (modern)
- ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ Coptic
- נמוסא Aramaic
- ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ Classical Syriac
- 𐫗𐫇𐫖 Sogdian
- ᠨᠤᠮ Old Uyghur