ἄποικος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 14 November 2023

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) +‎ οἶκος (oîkos, “home”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.poi̯.kos/ → /ˈa.py.kos/ → /ˈa.pi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.poi̯.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.py.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.py.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.py.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.kos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ποικος • (ápoikos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́ποικον); second declension (rare)

1. away from home, abroad (sometimes followed by genitive)
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1518

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́ποικος; ᾰ̓́ποικον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́ποικος ápoikos	ᾰ̓́ποικον ápoikon		ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō	ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō		ᾰ̓́ποικοι ápoikoi	ᾰ̓́ποικᾰ ápoika
Genitive		ᾰ̓ποίκου apoíkou	ᾰ̓ποίκου apoíkou		ᾰ̓ποίκοιν apoíkoin	ᾰ̓ποίκοιν apoíkoin		ᾰ̓ποίκων apoíkōn	ᾰ̓ποίκων apoíkōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ποίκῳ apoíkōi	ᾰ̓ποίκῳ apoíkōi		ᾰ̓ποίκοιν apoíkoin	ᾰ̓ποίκοιν apoíkoin		ᾰ̓ποίκοις apoíkois	ᾰ̓ποίκοις apoíkois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́ποικον ápoikon	ᾰ̓́ποικον ápoikon		ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō	ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō		ᾰ̓ποίκους apoíkous	ᾰ̓́ποικᾰ ápoika
Vocative		ᾰ̓́ποικε ápoike	ᾰ̓́ποικον ápoikon		ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō	ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō		ᾰ̓́ποικοι ápoikoi	ᾰ̓́ποικᾰ ápoika
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ποίκως apoíkōs			ᾰ̓ποικότερος apoikóteros			ᾰ̓ποικότᾰτος apoikótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ᾰ̓́ποικος • (ápoikos) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποίκου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. settler, colonist
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.97:

     [Ἀρισταγόρης ἔλεγε] τάδε, ὡς οἱ Μιλήσιοι τῶν Ἀθηναίων εἰσὶ ἄποικοι

     [Aristagórēs élege] táde, hōs hoi Milḗsioi tôn Athēnaíōn eisì ápoikoi

     [Aristagoras said] the following, that the Milesians were colonists from the Athenians

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.25:

     ὅτι αὐτῶν παρημέλουν [οἱ Κερκυραῖοι] ὄντες ἄποικοι

     hóti autôn parēméloun [hoi Kerkuraîoi] óntes ápoikoi

     because [the Corcyreans], though they were [their] colonists, disregarded them [= the Corinthians]

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.38:

     ἄποικοι δ’ ὄντες ἀφεστᾶσί τε διὰ παντὸς καὶ νῦν πολεμοῦσι

     ápoikoi d’ óntes aphestâsí te dià pantòs kaì nûn polemoûsi

     the colonists [= the Corcyreans] have always been aloof and now are hostile

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.57.2:

     καὶ ἔτι Ἑστιαιῆς οἱ ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ Ἑστίαιαν οἰκοῦντες ἄποικοι ὄντες ξυνεστράτευσαν.

     kaì éti Hestiaiês hoi en Euboíāi Hestíaian oikoûntes ápoikoi óntes xunestráteusan.

     and further the Hestiaeans who inhabited Hestiaea in Eubeoa, being their colonists, fought with them

2. colony
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 5.3.2:

     καὶ ἀφικνοῦνται πορευόμενοι εἰς Κερασοῦντα τριταῖοι πόλιν Ἑλληνίδα ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ Σινωπέων ἄποικον ἐν τῇ Κολχίδι χώρᾳ.

     kaì aphiknoûntai poreuómenoi eis Kerasoûnta tritaîoi pólin Hellēnída epì thaláttēi Sinōpéōn ápoikon en têi Kolkhídi khṓrāi.

     and they travelled and arrived in Kerasun [= Giresun], a Greek town on the sea, a colony of the Sinopeans.

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.2.1:

     ἀφίκοντο εἰς Ἡράκλειαν πόλιν Ἑλληνίδα Μεγαρέων ἄποικον

     aphíkonto eis Hērákleian pólin Hellēnída Megaréōn ápoikon

     they arrived in Heraclea, a Greek city, a colony of the Megarians

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́ποικος; τοῦ ᾰ̓ποίκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓́ποικος ho ápoikos	τὼ ᾰ̓ποίκω tṑ apoíkō	οἱ ᾰ̓́ποικοι hoi ápoikoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ποίκου toû apoíkou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποίκοιν toîn apoíkoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποίκων tôn apoíkōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ποίκῳ tôi apoíkōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποίκοιν toîn apoíkoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ποίκοις toîs apoíkois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́ποικον tòn ápoikon	τὼ ᾰ̓ποίκω tṑ apoíkō	τοὺς ᾰ̓ποίκους toùs apoíkous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ποικε ápoike	ᾰ̓ποίκω apoíkō	ᾰ̓́ποικοι ápoikoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἄποικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press