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LNS

gynaecēum, gynaecēī

(gynaecīum, gynaecīī)

(gunaecēum, gunaecēī)

gynaeceum, gynaecium, gunaeceum

γυναικεῖον

noun (n., 3^rd Greek declension)

the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments
the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments

Abbreviations

gynaecēum or gynaecīum (gun-), i, n., = γυναικεῖον. Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.

— Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments: matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur, Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.