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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἰκέω (oikéō, “to inhabit”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒi̯.kɛː.sis/ → /ˈy.ci.sis/ → /ˈi.ci.sis/
Noun
οἴκησις • (oíkēsis) f (genitive οἰκήσεως); third declension
- the act of dwelling or inhabiting
- (of a city) management, administration
- house, dwelling
441 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone, 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
- inhabited district
- family, household
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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, 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.