Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνοικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνοικος ἄνοικη ἄνοικον

Structure: ἀνοικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = a)/oikos,

Sense

  1. houseless, homeless

Examples

  • "οὔτε γὰρ συνανθρωπίζετε οὔτε διαγινώσκετε οὐδένα τῶν ὁμιλούντων, αἰσθήσει τε πολλῷ ὑστεροῦντεσ ἀργῶσ καὶ ἀφυλάκτωσ ζῆτε, λοιδόρου δὲ καὶ παμφάγου τοῦ ζῴου πεφυκότοσ, ἔτι δὲ ταλαιπώρου καὶ γυμνοῦ τὸν βίον, ἄμφω ταῦτα μελετᾶτε, κακολόγοι καὶ βοροὶ πρόσ τε τούτοισ ἄνοικοι καὶ ἀνέστιοι βιοῦντεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 9135)

Synonyms

  1. houseless

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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