οἴκησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκέω (oikéō, “to inhabit”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.kɛː.sis/ → /ˈy.ci.sis/ → /ˈi.ci.sis/

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

Noun

οἴκησις • (oíkēsis) f (genitive οἰκήσεως); third declension

1. the act of dwelling or inhabiting
2. (of a city) management, administration
3. house, dwelling
   • 441 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone‎^[1], section 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

4. inhabited district
5. family, household

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ οἴκησῐς; τῆς οἰκήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[2], 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.