Γόριλλαι

Ancient Greek

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

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

the name of 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.

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.

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