Γόριλλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely Punic, though possibly ultimately from an African word (used to describe hairy people) that entered Greek via Punic.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Γόριλλαι • (Górillai) f pl (genitive Γοριλλῶν); first declension

  1. Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women described by Hanno the Navigator)
    • 5th century BC, Ἅννων ὁ Καρχηδόνιος, Ἅννωνος Περίπλους
      πολὺ δὲ πλείους ἦσαν γυναῖκες, δασεῖαι τοῖς σώμασιν, ἃς οἱ ἑρμηνέες ἐκάλουν Γορίλλας.
      polù dè pleíous êsan gunaîkes, daseîai toîs sṓmasin, hàs hoi hermēnées ekáloun Goríllas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection
First declension of αἱ Γόρῐλλαι; τῶν Γορῐλλῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Γόρῐλλαι
hai Górillai
Genitive τῶν Γορῐλλῶν
tôn Gorillôn
Dative ταῖς Γορῐ́λλαις
taîs Goríllais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Γορῐ́λλᾱς
tā̀s Goríllās
Vocative Γόρῐλλαι
Górillai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → English: Gorillai
  • → Latin: gorilla

References
  1. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

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