οἰκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οἰκίη (Ionic)
• ϝοικία (Cretan, Locrian)
• ϝυκία (Boeotian)

Etymology

From οἶκος (oikos, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /o͜ɪkí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /yːkíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ykía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ycía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /icía/

Noun

οἰκία (genitive οἰκίας) f, first declension; (oikiā)

1. house, dwelling, lair
2. household, domestic affairs
3. household, family
4. house, extended family, tribe

Usage notes

In Attic law, οἶκος (oikos, “house”) was all the property left by a person, while οἰκία was the house on that property.

Inflection

First declension of οἰκίᾱ, οἰκίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	οἰκίᾱ	οἰκίᾱ	οἰκίαι
Genitive	οἰκίᾱς	οἰκίαιν	οἰκιῶν
Dative	οἰκίᾳ	οἰκίαιν	οἰκίαις
Accusative	οἰκίᾱν	οἰκίᾱ	οἰκίᾱς
Vocative	οἰκίᾱ	οἰκίᾱ	οἰκίαι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G3614