σπίτι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek σπίτιν (spítin), from earlier or Koine Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion), from Latin hospitium (“lodgings”). Compare Albanian shtëpi. Displaced earlier Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiti/
• Hyphenation: σπί‧τι

Noun

σπίτι • (spíti) n (plural σπίτια)

1. (also used adverbially) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)

   Θα πάμε στο σπίτι του φίλου μου.

   Tha páme sto spíti tou fílou mou.

   We will go to my friend's house.

   Πήγαινε σπίτι σου!

   Pígaine spíti sou!

   Go home!

2. (by extensions) household, house (all the persons who live in a given house)

   Όλο το σπίτι μετακόμισε τον χειμώνα σε πιο ζεστά μέρη.

   Ólo to spíti metakómise ton cheimóna se pio zestá méri.

   The entire household moved in winter to warmer climes.

3. (euphemistic, figuratively) brothel (house used by prostitutes)

Declension

Declension of σπίτι

	singular	plural
nominative	σπίτι •	σπίτια •
genitive	σπιτιού •	σπιτιών •
accusative	σπίτι •	σπίτια •
vocative	σπίτι •	σπίτια •

Derived terms

• σπιτάκι n (spitáki) (diminutive)
• σπιταρόνα f (spitaróna) (augmentative)
• σπιτικό n (spitikó, “household”)
• σπιτικός (spitikós, “house-, home, homely”) (adjective)
• σπιτήσιος (spitísios, “house-, home, homely”) (adjective)
• σπιτόγατος m (spitógatos, “stay-at-home person, homebird”)
• σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris, “landlord”)
• σπιτονοικοκυρά f (spitonoikokyrá, “landlady”)
• σπιτώνω (spitóno, “to provide with a home, to put up”)
• σπίτωμα n (spítoma, “act of providing with a home, putting up”)
• από σπίτι (apó spíti, “from good stock, of good lineage”) (literally: "from (a) house")
• για σπίτι (gia spíti, “marriageable, nubile”) (literally: "for (to make a) household")
• δουλειές του σπιτιού f pl (douleiés tou spitioú, “housework”)
• κάνω το σπίτι (káno to spíti, “to clean up, to do the housework”) (literally: "to do the house")
• κλείνω το σπίτι (kleíno to spíti, “bring trouble to a household”) (literally: "to close the house")
• σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou, “home sweet home”) (literally: "my house, my little house")

Synonyms

• (house, home): οίκος m (oíkos, “house, home”) (formal), κατοικία f (katoikía, “residence”), διαμονή f (diamoní, “residence, domicile”), οίκημα n (oíkima, “residence, dwelling”)
• (household): φαμίλια f (família), σπιτικό n (spitikó)
• (brothel): οίκος ανοχής m (oíkos anochís), πορνείο n (porneío)