γυῖον

See also: γυιόν

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“hand; to bend”). See also ἐγγῠ́ς (engŭ́s, “nearby”).^[1]

γυῖον • (guîon) n (genitive γυίου); second declension (Epic, poetic)

Second declension of τὸ γυῖον; τοῦ γυίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tằ guîă
Genitive	τοῦ γυίου toû guíou	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τῶν γυίων tôn guíōn
Dative	τῷ γυίῳ tōî guíōi	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τοῖς γυίοις toîs guíois
Accusative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tằ guîă
Vocative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of γυῖον; γυίοιο / γυίοο / γυίου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîă
Genitive	γυίοιο / γυίοο / γυίου guíoio / guíoo / guíou	γυίοιῐ̈ν guíoiĭ̈n	γυίων guíōn
Dative	γυίῳ guíōi	γυίοιῐ̈ν guíoiĭ̈n	γυίοισῐ / γυίοισῐν / γυίοις guíoisĭ(n) / guíois
Accusative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîă
Vocative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Second declension of τὸ γυῖον; τοῦ γυίου (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tằ guîă
Genitive	τοῦ γυίου toû guíou	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τῶν γυίων tôn guíōn
Dative	τῷ γυίῳ tōî guíōi	τοῖν γυίοιν toîn guíoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν γυίοισῐ / γυίοισῐν toîsĭ(n) guíoisĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ γυῖον tò guîon	τὼ γυίω tṑ guíō	τᾰ̀ γυῖᾰ tằ guîă
Vocative	γυῖον guîon	γυίω guíō	γυῖᾰ guîă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γυῖᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290