gynaeceum

== English == === Alternative forms === gynæceum, gyneceum === Etymology === From Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”). By surface analysis, gynaec- +‎ -eum. === Noun === gynaeceum (plural gynaeceums or gynaecea) (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women. (obsolete) An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty. (botany) A gynoecium. ==== Synonyms ==== (women's quarters) gynaeconitis ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney (1906), The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, page 2667 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡy.nae̯ˈkeː.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒi.neˈt͡ʃɛː.um] === Noun === gynaecēum n (genitive gynaecēī); second declension women's quarters in a Greek house ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “gynaeceum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gynaeceum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "gynaeceum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)