οἰκουμενικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “the inhabited world”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.kuː.me.ni.kós/ → /y.ku.me.niˈkos/ → /i.ku.me.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.kuː.me.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ku.me.niˈkos/

Adjective

οἰκουμενῐκός • (oikoumenikós) m (feminine οἰκουμενῐκή, neuter οἰκουμενῐκόν); first/second declension

1. from or open to the whole world

Inflection

First and second declension of οἰκουμενῐκός; οἰκουμενῐκή; οἰκουμενῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οἰκουμενῐκός oikoumenikós	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenikḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón		οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ		οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenikoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenikaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Genitive		οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenikoû	οἰκουμενῐκῆς oikoumenikês	οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenikoû		οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenikaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn		οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn
Dative		οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenikôi	οἰκουμενῐκῇ oikoumenikêi	οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenikôi		οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenikaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn		οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenikoîs	οἰκουμενῐκαῖς oikoumenikaîs	οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenikoîs
Accusative		οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón	οἰκουμενῐκήν oikoumenikḗn	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón		οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ		οἰκουμενῐκούς oikoumenikoús	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ς oikoumenikā́s	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Vocative		οἰκουμενῐκέ oikoumeniké	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenikḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón		οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ		οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenikoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenikaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		οἰκουμενῐκῶς oikoumenikôs				οἰκουμενῐκώτερος oikoumenikṓteros				οἰκουμενῐκώτᾰτος oikoumenikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: œcuménique

Further reading

• “οἰκουμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἰκουμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἰκουμενικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οἰκουμενικός 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