γωνία

Etymology

Akin to γόνυ (gónu).

Noun

γωνία • (gōnía) f

1. (geometry) corner, angle
2. joiner's square
3. cornerstone

Derived terms

• τρίγωνον (trígōnon)

References

• γωνία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γωνία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γωνία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
• G1137 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • angle idem, page 29.
  • corner idem, page 174.
  • square idem, page 807.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).

Noun

γωνία • (gonía) f (plural γωνίες)

1. (geometry) angle
2. corner
3. viewpoint