κατοίκησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατοικέω (katoikéō, “to inhabit, settle”) +‎ -σις (-sis, “a suffix added to form abstract nouns, or nouns of action, result or process”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tǒi̯.kɛː.sis/ → /kaˈty.ci.sis/ → /kaˈti.ci.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tǒi̯.kɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈty.ke̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈty.ci.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈty.ci.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈti.ci.sis/

Noun

κᾰτοίκησῐς • (kătoíkēsĭs) f (genitive κᾰτοικήσεως); third declension

1. the act of settling in a place
2. dwelling, abode
3. an inhabited district

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰτοίκησῐς; τῆς κᾰτοικήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτοίκησῐς hē kătoíkēsĭs	τὼ κᾰτοικήσει tṑ kătoikḗsei	αἱ κᾰτοικήσεις hai kătoikḗseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτοικήσεως tês kătoikḗseōs	τοῖν κᾰτοικησέοιν toîn kătoikēséoin	τῶν κᾰτοικήσεων tôn kătoikḗseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτοικήσει têi kătoikḗsei	τοῖν κᾰτοικησέοιν toîn kătoikēséoin	ταῖς κᾰτοικήσεσῐ / κᾰτοικήσεσῐν taîs kătoikḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτοίκησῐν tḕn kătoíkēsĭn	τὼ κᾰτοικήσει tṑ kătoikḗsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτοικήσεις tā̀s kătoikḗseis
Vocative	κᾰτοίκησῐ kătoíkēsĭ	κᾰτοικήσει kătoikḗsei	κᾰτοικήσεις kătoikḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.