gynaeceum

[ jin-uh-see-uhm, gahy-nuh-, jahy-nuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gyn·ae·ce·a [jin-, uh, -, see, -, uh, gahy-n, uh, -, jahy-n, uh, -].

gynaeceum

[ jin-uh-see-uhm, gahy-nuh-, jahy-nuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Botany.

, plural gyn·ae·ce·a [jin-, uh, -, see, -, uh, gahy-n, uh, -, jahy-n, uh, -].

gynaeceum

/ ˌdʒaɪnɪˈsiːəm /

(in ancient Greece and Rome) the inner section of a house, used as women's quarters
See gynoecium
dʒaɪˈniːsɪəmɡaɪ- a variant spelling of gynoecium

1600–10; < Latin gynaecēum < Greek gynaikeíon, equivalent to gynaik- (stem of gynḗ ) woman + -eion noun suffix of place

C17: from Latin: women's apartments, from Greek gunaikeion, from gunē a woman

It will be seen that Hill relied much on the characters of the corolla and the gynaeceum.

The northern compartment of the gynaeceum connects with the gynaeceum of the north church.

The gynaeceum, like the narthex below it, is covered with cross-groined vaults and contains a small fireplace.

The concubines seem to have occupied a distinct part of the Gynaeceum, called "the second house of the women."

Sometimes there was in the Gynaeceum a personage even more exalted than any which have as yet been mentioned.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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