οἰκητήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκέω (oikéō, “to inhabit”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.kɛː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /y.ciˈti.ri.on/ → /i.ciˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.kɛː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ke̝ˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ciˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ciˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ciˈti.ri.on/

Noun

οἰκητήρῐον • (oikētḗrion) n (genitive οἰκητηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. domicile, dwelling, abode

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οἰκητήρῐον; τοῦ οἰκητηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οἰκητήρῐον tò oikētḗrion	τὼ οἰκητηρῐ́ω tṑ oikētēríō	τᾰ̀ οἰκητήρῐᾰ tà oikētḗria
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκητηρῐ́ου toû oikētēríou	τοῖν οἰκητηρῐ́οιν toîn oikētēríoin	τῶν οἰκητηρῐ́ων tôn oikētēríōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκητηρῐ́ῳ tôi oikētēríōi	τοῖν οἰκητηρῐ́οιν toîn oikētēríoin	τοῖς οἰκητηρῐ́οις toîs oikētēríois
Accusative	τὸ οἰκητήρῐον tò oikētḗrion	τὼ οἰκητηρῐ́ω tṑ oikētēríō	τᾰ̀ οἰκητήρῐᾰ tà oikētḗria
Vocative	οἰκητήρῐον oikētḗrion	οἰκητηρῐ́ω oikētēríō	οἰκητήρῐᾰ oikētḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κτίριο (ktírio)

Further reading

• “οἰκητήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰκητήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette