σπίτι

Greek

From Byzantine Greek σπίτιν (spítin), from earlier or Koine Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion), from Latin hospitium (“lodgings”). Compare Albanian shtëpi and Sicilian spizziu. Displaced earlier Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos).

σπίτι • (spíti) n (plural σπίτια)

(also used adverbially) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)
Synonyms: (formal) οίκος (oíkos), (residence) κατοικία (katoikía), (domicile) διαμονή (diamoní), (dwelling) οίκημα (oíkima)

Θα πάμε στο σπίτι του φίλου μου. ― Tha páme sto spíti tou fílou mou. ― We will go to my friend's house.

Πήγαινε σπίτι σου! ― Pígaine spíti sou! ― Go home!
(by extension) household, house (all the persons who live in a given house)
Synonyms: φαμίλια (família), σπιτικό (spitikó)

Όλο το σπίτι μετακόμισε τον χειμώνα σε πιο ζεστά μέρη.
Ólo to spíti metakómise ton cheimóna se pio zestá méri.
The entire household moved in winter to warmer climes.
(euphemistic, figuratively) brothel (house used by prostitutes)
Synonyms: οίκος ανοχής (oíkos anochís), πορνείο (porneío)

ασπίτωτος (aspítotos, “homeless”, adjective)
σπιτάκι n (spitáki, diminutive)
σπιταρόνα f (spitaróna, augmentative)
σπιτικό n (spitikó, “household”)
σπιτικός (spitikós, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
σπιτήσιος (spitísios, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
σπιτόγατος m (spitógatos, “stay-at-home person, homebird”)
σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris, “landlord”)
σπιτονοικοκυρά f (spitonoikokyrá, “landlady”)
σπιτώνω (spitóno, “to provide with a home, to put up”)
σπίτωμα n (spítoma, “act of providing with a home, putting up”)
από σπίτι (apó spíti, “of good lineage”, literally “from a house”)
για σπίτι (gia spíti, “marriageable”, literally “for a household”)
δουλειές του σπιτιού f pl (douleiés tou spitioú, “housework”)
κάνω το σπίτι (káno to spíti, “to do housework”)
κλείνω το σπίτι (kleíno to spíti, “bring trouble on a household”)
(literally “to close the house”)
σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou, “home sweet home”)
(literally “my house, my little house")