οἴκησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἰκέω (oikéō, “to inhabit”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǒi̯.kɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈy.ke̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.ci.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.ci.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ci.sis/
Noun
οἴκησις • (oíkēsis) f (genitive οἰκήσεως); third declension
- the act of dwelling or inhabiting
- (of a city) management, administration
- house, dwelling
- inhabited district
- family, household
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ οἴκησῐς hē oíkēsis |
τὼ οἰκήσει tṑ oikḗsei |
αἱ οἰκήσεις hai oikḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς οἰκήσεως tês oikḗseōs |
τοῖν οἰκησέοιν toîn oikēséoin |
τῶν οἰκήσεων tôn oikḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ οἰκήσει têi oikḗsei |
τοῖν οἰκησέοιν toîn oikēséoin |
ταῖς οἰκήσεσῐ / οἰκήσεσῐν taîs oikḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν οἴκησῐν tḕn oíkēsin |
τὼ οἰκήσει tṑ oikḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς οἰκήσεις tā̀s oikḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | οἴκησῐ oíkēsi |
οἰκήσει oikḗsei |
οἰκήσεις oikḗseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰκητῐκός (oikētikós)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓ποίκησῐς (apoíkēsis)
- δῐοίκησῐς (dioíkēsis)
- εἰσοίκησῐς (eisoíkēsis)
- ἐκδῐοίκησῐς (ekdioíkēsis)
- ἐνοίκησῐς (enoíkēsis)
- ἐξοίκησῐς (exoíkēsis)
- κᾰτοίκησῐς (katoíkēsis)
- μετᾰδῐοίκησῐς (metadioíkēsis)
- μετοίκησῐς (metoíkēsis)
- πᾰροίκησῐς (paroíkēsis)
- προδῐοίκησῐς (prodioíkēsis)
- προενοίκησῐς (proenoíkēsis)
- προσοίκησῐς (prosoíkēsis)
- σῠνοίκησῐς (sunoíkēsis)
References
- “οἴκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἴκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οἴκησις 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.