Γανυμήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Socrates in Xenophon's Symposium (8.29–30) implies the etymology γᾰ́νῠμαι (gánumai, “to be glad”) +‎ μήδεᾰ (mḗdea, “plans”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Γᾰνῠμήδης • (Ganumḗdēs) m (genitive Γᾰνῠμήδεος or Γᾰνῠμήδους); first declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ganymede
  2. (Greek mythology) Ganymede

Inflection
Third declension of Γᾰνῠμήδης; Γᾰνῠμήδεος (uncontracted, Epic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative Γᾰνῠμήδης
Ganumḗdēs
Genitive Γᾰνῠμήδεος / Γᾰνῠμήδευς
Ganumḗdeos / Ganumḗdeus
Dative Γᾰνῠμήδει / Γᾰνῠμήδεῐ̈
Ganumḗdei / Ganumḗdeï
Accusative Γᾰνῠμήδεᾰ
Ganumḗdea
Vocative Γᾰνῠ́μηδες
Ganúmēdes
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants
  • → Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite)
  • Greek: Γανυμήδης (Ganymídis)
  • → Latin: Ganymēdēs

References
  • “Γανυμήδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Γανυμήδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • “Γανυμήδης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

Greek

Proper noun

Γανυμήδης • (Ganymídis) m

  1. (Greek mythology) a male given name, equivalent to English Ganymede
  2. (astronomy) Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter)

Declension
  Γανυμήδης
case     \     number singular
nominative Γανυμήδης •
genitive Γανυμήδη •
accusative Γανυμήδη •
vocative Γανυμήδη •

Further reading
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