Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄοικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄοικος ἄοικη ἄοικον

Structure: ἀοικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. houseless, homeless
  2. a homeless

Examples

  • εἰ δ’, ὥσπερ ὁ Σκήψιόσ φησι παραλαβὼν μάρτυρα Μίμνερμον, ὃσ ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ ποιήσασ τὴν οἴκησιν τοῦ Αἰήτου πρὸσ ταῖσ ἀνατολαῖσ ἐκτὸσ πεμφθῆναί φησιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Πελίου τὸν Ιἄσονα καὶ κομίσαι τὸ δέροσ, οὔτ’ ἂν ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ δέροσ ἐκεῖσε πομπὴ πιθανῶσ λέγοιτο εἰσ ἀγνῶτασ καὶ ἀφανεῖσ τόπουσ, οὔθ’ ὁ δί’ ἐρήμων καὶ ἀοίκων καὶ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ τοσοῦτον ἐκτετοπισμένων πλοῦσ οὔτ’ ἔνδοξοσ οὔτε πασιμέλων· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , other works51)
  • εἰ δ’, ὥσπερ ὁ Σκήψιόσ φησι παραλαβὼν μάρτυρα Μίμνερμον, ὃσ ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ ποιήσασ τὴν οἴκησιν τοῦ Αἰήτου πρὸσ ταῖσ ἀνατολαῖσ ἐκτὸσ πεμφθῆναί φησιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Πελίου τὸν Ιἄσονα καὶ κομίσαι τὸ δέροσ, οὔτ’ ἂν ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ δέροσ ἐκεῖσε πομπὴ πιθανῶσ λέγοιτο εἰσ ἀγνῶτασ καὶ ἀφανεῖσ τόπουσ, οὔθ’ ὁ δι’ ἐρήμων καὶ ἀοίκων καὶ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ τοσοῦτον ἐκτετοπισμένων πλοῦσ οὔτ’ ἔνδοξοσ οὔτε πασιμέλων. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 80:5)

Synonyms

  1. houseless

  2. a homeless

Related

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

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