ἄποικος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ποικος (ápoikosm or f (neuter ᾰ̓́ποικον); second declension (rare)

  1. away from home, abroad (sometimes followed by genitive)

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Noun

ᾰ̓́ποικος (ápoikosm (genitive ᾰ̓ποίκου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

  1. settler, colonist
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.97:
      τάδε, ὡς οἱ Μιλήσιοι τῶν Ἀθηναίων εἰσὶ ἄποικοι
      [Aristagórēs élege] táde, hōs hoi Milḗsioi tôn Athēnaíōn eisì ápoikoi
      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 ὄντες ἄποικοι
      hóti autôn parēméloun [hoi Kerkuraîoi] óntes ápoikoi
      because , though they were colonists, disregarded them
    • 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 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 , 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

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