οἰκογενής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

οἶκος (oîkos, a house) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, born in)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

οἰκογενής (oikogenḗsm or f (neuter οἰκογενές); third declension

  1. (of slaves) born in the house, homebred
    • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:
      Σωκράτης   Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
      Μένων   πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.
      Sōkrátēs   Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
      Ménōn   pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.
      Socrates: Is a Greek and speaks Greek?
      Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.

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References

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