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
- 441 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone, 891:
- ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις ἀείφρουρος
- ô túmbos, ô numpheîon, ô kataskaphḕs oíkēsis aeíphrouros
- ο tomb, o bridal chamber, o deep-dug dwelling forever guarded
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- inhabited district
- family, household
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ οἴκησῐς; τῆς οἰκήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abode idem, page 2.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- domicile idem, page 247.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- habitation idem, page 380.
- home idem, page 403.
- house idem, page 408.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- open idem, page 574.
- residence idem, page 701.
- sojourn idem, page 791.