γαμήσομαι

γαμέω

D Deor.

aor subj mid 1st sg (epic)

γᾰμέω, [tense] fut.

A

γαμέω Il.9.388

, 391, [var] contr.

γαμῶ A.Pr. 764

, S.OT 1500, Ant. 750, E.Or. 1655, X.Cyr.5.2.12, etc.; later

γαμήσω Plu.2.386c

, Luc.Rh.Pr.8 (for

γαμήσεις Tim.52

leg. γαμησείεις): [tense] aor. 1

ἔγημα Il. 14.121

, etc.; later

ἐγάμησα LXXEs.10.3

, Ev.Marc.6.17, Luc.D Deor. 5.4, etc. (cf. infr. 11.2): [tense] pf.

γεγάμηκα Ar.Lys. 595

, Pl.Lg. 877e: [tense] plpf.

ἐγεγαμήκει Th.1.126

:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. [dialect] Ep.

γαμέσσεται Il.9.394

codd., [dialect] Att.

γαμοῦμαι E.Ph. 1673

, Ar.Th. 900, later

γαμήσομαι Plu.Art. 26

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐγημάμην Od.16.392

, Anacr.86, Is.5.5, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

γαμηθήσομαι J.AJ6.13.8

, Ant.Lib.1.2, D.C.58.3, Hld.5.30, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐγαμήθην D.H.11.34

, Str.10.4.20, etc.: poet. shortd. γαμεθεῖσα v.l. in Theoc.8.91, cf. Eust.758.52: [tense] pf.

γεγάμημαι X.An.4.5.24

, D. 36.32: [tense] plpf.

ἐγεγάμητο App.BC4.23

: ([etym.] γάμος):— marry, i.e. take to wife, of the man, Ἀδρήστοιο δ' ἔγημε θυγατρῶν one of his daughters, Il.14.121;

ἔνθα δ' ἔγημε γυναῖκα Od.15.241

; γ. γυναῖκα ἐς οἰκία, like ἄγεσθαι, Hdt.4.78: c. acc. cogn.,

γάμον γαμεῖν A.Pr. 764

, 909;

τὸν Ἑλένης γάμον.. γήμας E.IA 467

; γῆμαι γέκτρα βασιλέως the king's daughter, Id.Med. 594: rarely c. dupl. acc., γάμους τοὺς πρώτους ἐγάμεε Κύρου δύο θυγατέρας (for πρῶτον ἐγάμεε.. θυγατέρας) Hdt.3.88, cf. E.Tr. 357; also γάμῳ γ. marry in lawful wedlock, D.39.26; ἐκ κακοῦ, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γῆμαι, marry a wife of mean or noble stock, Thgn.189, 190;

ἐκ μειόνων X.Hier.1.28

;

ἐκ γενναίων E.Andr. 1279

; παρά τινος ib. 975, Pl.Plt. 310c; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ γ. ἄλλην γυναῖκα set a stepmother over one's daughter, Hdt.4.154, cf. E.Alc. 372; ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις τινὰ γαμεῖν marry a wife with a dowry of ten talents, And. 4.13.

2 of mere sexual intercourse, take for a paramour, Od. 1.36, Luc.Asin.32;

γ. βιαίως σκότιον λέχος E.Tr.44

.

3 later of the woman,

ἐὰν γαμήσῃ ἄλλον Ev.Marc.10.12

: abs., 1 Ep.Cor.7.28.

II [voice] Med., give oneself or one's child in marriage:

1 of the woman, give herself in marriage, i.e. wed, c. dat.,

γαμέεσθαι τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεται Od.2.113

;

γημαμένη ᾧ υἷϊ· ὁ δ' ὃν πατέρ' ἐξεναρίξας γῆμεν 11.273

: abs., Hdt.4.117;

σοὶ μὲν γαμεῖσθαι μόρσιμον, γαμεῖν δ' ἐμοί A.Fr.13

; εἰς τύρανν' ἐγημάμην I married into a royal house, E. Tr. 474; γήματο δ' εἰς Μαραθῶνα, i. e. she married Herodes of Marathon, IG14.1389 i 5 ( ἥν τ' ἐγήματο is f.l. for ἥ τ' ἐγ. in E.Med. 262): ironically of a henpecked husband,

κεῖνος οὐκ ἔγημεν ἀλλ' ἐγήματο Anacr.86

; so Medea to Jason, μῶν γαμοῦσα.. σέ; did I marry you? E.Med. 606; ἐγημάμην, of a man marrying a rich wife, Antiph.46; γαμεῖται ἕκαστος (sens. obsc.) Luc.VH1.22;

ὁ γαμηθεὶς ὡς παρθένος κἄπειτα γενόμενος ἀνήρ Phld.Sign.2

; incorrectly, in later writers,

γημάμενος Apollod.3.12.6

, cf. Q.S. 1.728.

2 of parents, get their children married, betroth them, get a wife for the son, Πηλεύς θήν μοι ἔπειτα γυναῖκα γαμέσσεται αὐτός (where Aristarch. γε μάσσεται will seek or make suit for) Il.9.394:—[voice] Act. [tense] aor. 1 ἐγάμησα in this sense, Men.885.

III [voice] Pass., to be taken to wife: hence, marry a husband, Il.cc. ad init., PGrenf.2.76.11 (iv A. D.), etc.; rarely in correct authors, Poll.3.45.

γαμέω impf. ἐγάμουν Lk 17:27; 1 aor. ἔγημα Lk 14:20, inf. γῆμαι 2 Macc 14:25, subj. γήμω 1 Cor 7:28, ptc. γήμας Mt 22:25; the form ἐγάμησα also occurs Mt 5:32; Mk 6:17; 10:11 (subj.); perf. act. γεγάμηκα 1 Cor 7:10; plpf. ἐγεγαμήκει Just., D. 140, 1; aor. mid. inf. γήμασθαι Just., A I, 29, 1; 1 aor. pass. ἐγαμήθην 1 Cor 7:39. See W-S. §15; B-D-F §101; Rob. 1213; Mlt-H. 231 (Hom.+; ins, pap; Phryn. 742 Lob.; LXX; En 106:14; TestJud 12:2; JosAs 4:15; ParJer 8:4; Just.; Tat. 8:1). In our lit., to take another person as spouse, marry.

ⓐ said of a man (Hom.+ gener.)

α. w. acc. marry, take someone as wife (Hom. et al.; OGI 391, 8; 392, 11; IDefixAudollent 78; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 3 Jac.; Esth 10:3c; Jos., Ant. 6, 309; 7, 70; Just., D. 134, 3; Orig., C. Cels. 5, 27, 13) Lk 14:20 (the aor. form ἔγημα is exceptional in the NT, and the more usual expr. is λαβεῖν [γυναῖκα] as in ms. D of 14:20; cp. 20:28, 29, 31; 1 Cor 7:28 v.l.; GKilpatrick, JTS 18, ’67, 139f); a divorced woman Mt 5:32; Mk 6:17; Lk 16:18b; another woman Mt 19:9; Mk 10:11; Lk 16:18a; Hm 4, 1, 6.

β. abs. marry, enter matrimony (POxy 1213, 4; PFlor 332, 24; 2 Macc 14:25; 4 Macc 16:9; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 201; Just., A I, 29, 1; Tat. 8, 1) Mt 19:10; 22:25, 30; 24:38; Mk 12:25; Lk 17:27; 20:34f; 1 Cor 7:28, 33; Hm 4, 1, 8; IPol 5:2; Agr 18.

ⓑ of a woman

α. act.

א. w. acc. (Eur., Med. 606 ironically; Menander, Hero 3 S.; s. also Nauck, TGF, Adespota 194 and note on the disputed pass.) Mk 10:12 (v.l. γαμηθῇ ἄλλῳ is adapted to more common usage; s. bγ).

ב. abs. (Chariton 3, 2, 17 Ἀφροδίτη γαμεῖ) 1 Cor 7:28b, 34; 1 Ti 5:11, 14.

β. mid. (Hom. et al.), esp. ptc. ἡ γαμουμένη (as POxy 496, 5; 905, 10; Just., A I, 29, 1 τὸ γήμασθαι) IPol 5:2.

γ. pass. get married, be married (X., An. 4, 5, 24; Plut., Romul. 18 [2, 1]; Anton. Lib. 16, 2; 20, 7; Ps.-Apollod. 1, 147 Μήδεια γαμηθεῖσα, Αἰγεῖ παῖδα γεννᾷ; POxy 361, 1 [I A.D.]; 257, 25; 30; PGrenf II, 76, 10f ἀλλʼ ἐξεῖναι αὐτῇ γαμηθῆναι ὡς ἄν βουληθῇ; JosAs 4:15 ABH γαμηθήσομαι [γαμήσομαι DEF] τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 110; Jos., Ant. 6, 308) Mk 10:12 v.l. (s. bαא); 1 Cor 7:39.—For lit. s. γαμίζω 2 and s. also HPreisker, Christent. u. Ehe in d. ersten drei Jahrh. 1927, Ehe u. Charisma b. Pls: ZST 6, 1929, 91–95; WMichaelis, Ehe u. Charisma b. Pls: ibid. 5, 1928, 426–52; HSchumacher, D. Eheideal d. Ap. Pls ’32; FBüchsel, D. Ehe im Urchristent.: ThBl 21, ’42, 113–28; AOepke, RAC IV, ’59, 650–731; AIsaksson, Marriage and Ministry in the New Temple, ’65; RSchnackenburg, Schriften zum NT, ’71, 414–34; KNiederwimmer, Askese u. Mysterium ’75; STreggiari, Roman Marriage ’91. S. also γυνή 1.

ⓒ of both sexes marry (M. Ant. 4, 32; PEleph 2, 8 [285/284 B.C.]; BGU 717, 16 οἱ γαμοῦντες) 1 Cor 7:9f, 36; 1 Ti 4:3; Hm 4, 4, 1f; Dg 5:6.—EDNT I 235–38. B. 98. DELG. M-M. TW