οἰκογενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

οἶκος (oîkos, “a house”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “born in”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /y.ko.ʝeˈnis/ → /i.ko.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ko.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ko.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

οἰκογενής • (oikogenḗs) m or f (neuter οἰκογενές); third declension

1. (of slaves) born in the house, homebred
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:

     Σωκράτης   Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
     Μένων   πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.

     Sōkrátēs   Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
     Ménōn   pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.

     Socrates: Is [the slave boy] a Greek and speaks Greek?
     Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.

Inflection

Third declension of οἰκογενής; οἰκογενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οἰκογενής oikogenḗs	οἰκογενές oikogenés		οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî	οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî		οἰκογενεῖς oikogeneîs	οἰκογενῆ oikogenê
Genitive		οἰκογενοῦς oikogenoûs	οἰκογενοῦς oikogenoûs		οἰκογενοῖν oikogenoîn	οἰκογενοῖν oikogenoîn		οἰκογενῶν oikogenôn	οἰκογενῶν oikogenôn
Dative		οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî	οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî		οἰκογενοῖν oikogenoîn	οἰκογενοῖν oikogenoîn		οἰκογενέσῐ / οἰκογενέσῐν oikogenési(n)	οἰκογενέσῐ / οἰκογενέσῐν oikogenési(n)
Accusative		οἰκογενῆ oikogenê	οἰκογενές oikogenés		οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî	οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî		οἰκογενεῖς oikogeneîs	οἰκογενῆ oikogenê
Vocative		οἰκογενές oikogenés	οἰκογενές oikogenés		οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî	οἰκογενεῖ oikogeneî		οἰκογενεῖς oikogeneîs	οἰκογενῆ oikogenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		οἰκογενῶς oikogenôs			οἰκογενέστερος oikogenésteros			οἰκογενέστᾰτος oikogenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: οικογένεια (oikogéneia)

References

“οἰκογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “οἰκογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἰκογενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • home-bred idem, page 404.
  • home-grown idem, page 404.