οἴκημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.kɛː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ke̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ci.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ci.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ci.ma/

Noun

οἴκημᾰ • (oíkēma) n (genitive οἰκήμᾰτος); third declension

dwelling-place, home, building
- c. 522–443 BC, Pindar, Second Olympian Ode:
  εὐωνύμων τε πατέρων ἄωτον ὀρθόπολιν:
  καμόντες οἳ πολλὰ θυμῷ
  ἱερὸν ἔσχον οἴκημα ποταμοῦ, Σικελίας τ᾽ ἔσαν / ὀφθαλμός,
  1990, Diane Arnson Svarlien, translation of the Odes of Pindar:
  the strength of the city, the choicest bloom of illustrious ancestors,
  who labored much with their spirits,
  and won a sacred home by the river, and were the eye of Sicily;
- c. 150, Pausanias, Description of Greece:
  μεγέθει μὲν μέγα τὸ οἴκημα, ἐντὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ κίονες κατὰ μῆκός εἰσιν ἑστηκότες:
  1918, translation by W. H. S. Jones of the Description of Greece by Pausanias:
  The building is large, and within are pillars standing throughout its length.
1. room, chamber
brothel
- Herodotus, Histories, Book 2:
  τὴν θυγατέρα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ κατίσαι ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος,
  1920, translation by A. D. Godley:
  he put his own daughter in a brothel,
temple, shrine
- Herodotus, Histories, Book 8:
  πρῶτα μὲν καὶ μέγιστα τῶν θεῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα καὶ τὰ οἰκήματα ἐμπεπρησμένα τε καὶ συγκεχωσμένα,
  1920, translation by A. D. Godley:
  first and foremost, the burning and destruction of the adornments and temples of our gods,
1. room in a temple
prison; cell
- Acts 12.7:
  καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη, καὶ φῶς ἔλαμψεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι: πατάξας δὲ τὴν πλευρὰν τοῦ Πέτρου ἤγειρεν αὐτὸν λέγων, Ἀνάστα ἐν τάχει. καὶ ἐξέπεσαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν.
  Acts 12.7 (KVJ):
  And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
storeroom
workshop
story, floor
cage for animals
(a horse’s) stable, stall

Declension

Third declension of τὸ οἴκημᾰ; τοῦ οἰκήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οἴκημᾰ tò oíkēma	τὼ οἰκήμᾰτε tṑ oikḗmate	τᾰ̀ οἰκήμᾰτᾰ tà oikḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκήμᾰτος toû oikḗmatos	τοῖν οἰκημᾰ́τοιν toîn oikēmátoin	τῶν οἰκημᾰ́των tôn oikēmátōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκήμᾰτῐ tôi oikḗmati	τοῖν οἰκημᾰ́τοιν toîn oikēmátoin	τοῖς οἰκήμᾰσῐ / οἰκήμᾰσῐν toîs oikḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ οἴκημᾰ tò oíkēma	τὼ οἰκήμᾰτε tṑ oikḗmate	τᾰ̀ οἰκήμᾰτᾰ tà oikḗmata
Vocative	οἴκημᾰ oíkēma	οἰκήμᾰτε oikḗmate	οἰκήμᾰτᾰ oikḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(cage for animals): οἰκίσκος (oikískos)

Derived terms

κατοίκημα (katoíkēma)

Descendants

Greek: οίκημα (oíkima)

References

“οἴκημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“οἴκημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
οἴκημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“οἴκημα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G3612 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
οἴκημα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abode idem, page 2.
- apartment idem, page 33.
- building idem, page 103.
- cabinet idem, page 108.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- domicile idem, page 247.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- floor idem, page 329.
- habitation idem, page 380.
- home idem, page 403.
- house idem, page 408.
- residence idem, page 701.
- room idem, page 721.
- saloon idem, page 732.
- store room idem, page 821.
- storey idem, page 821.