γάμος [ᾰ], ὁ,
wedding, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; γάμον τεύχειν furnish forth
a wedding, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρτύειν[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι [
NT+4th c.BC+]
II)
marriage, wedlock, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν Οἰνέως γ. the
marriage granted by O, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e.
prostitution, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους, i.e.
rape, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
unlawful wedlock, as of Paris and Helen, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], do not establish the sense of
a wife; for [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) ἱερὸς γ.
ritual marriage, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; name of play by Ale.Comedy texts
IV) [
Refs 4th c.BC+] name for
three, [
Refs]; for
five, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V) Γάμος personified, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VI) name of month at Epidaurus, [
Refs]. (Perh. akin to Sanskrit
jāmís 'brother or sister', Latin
geminus.)