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κατοίκησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατοίκησις κατοίκησεως

Structure: κατοικησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from katoike/w

Sense

  1. a settling in

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λάλησον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτοῦσ. ὅταν εἰσέλθητε εἰσ τὴν γῆν τῆσ κατοικήσεωσ ὑμῶν, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 15:2)
  • εἰσὶ δ’ οἱ τὰ Σαμοθρᾴκια μυθολογοῦντεσ Δάρδανον μὲν εἰσ Τροίαν ἐξενεγκάμενον ὀργιάσαι καὶ καθιερῶσαι κτίσαντα τὴν πόλιν, Αἰνείαν δὲ περὶ τὴν ἅλωσιν ἐκκλέψαντα διασῶσαι μέχρι τῆσ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ κατοικήσεωσ. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 20 5:2)
  • οἱ δὲ Κρήσιοι στύρακεσ οὐ πρόσω περιπεφύκασιν, ἃ τεκμήρια τῆσ Ῥαδαμάνθυοσ αὐτόθι κατοικήσεωσ Ἁλιάρτιοι ποιοῦνται, καὶ τάφον αὐτοῦ δεικνύουσιν Ἀλεᾶ καλοῦντεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 28 4:3)
  • πῶσ γὰρ οὐκ αἰσχρὸν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Θηβαῖοι, ὑπὲρ μὲν τῆσ Μεσσηνίων κατοικήσεωσ τοιοῦτον πόλεμον Λακεδαιμονίοισ πολεμῆσαι, καὶ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ δι’ ὑμῶν οἰκουμένῃ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ φίλων εἰσ Πελοπόννησον διαβαίνειν, καὶ μηδ’ ἐκείνων ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖσ βουλομένοισ μεταγνῶναι, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ δικαίου πάντα κίνδυνον αἱρεῖσθαι, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆσ ὑμετέρασ αὐτῶν ἐλευθερίασ ἅμα καὶ σωτηρίασ, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων, μὴ τολμῆσαι προβαλέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα, ἀπαντήσαντασ πρὸσ τὰ ὁρ́ια Βοιωτίασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐγνωκότων τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ἐλευθεροῦν κωλυτὰσ καὶ προδότασ γενέσθαι, καὶ λυμήνασθαι μὴ μόνον τοῖσ κοινοῖσ πράγμασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ ὑμετέροισ αὐτῶν ἔργοισ, ἀφ’ ὧν βεβόησθε. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 14:5)
  • καὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆσ δεήσεωσ τοῦ δούλου σου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ, ἃ ἂν προσεύξωνται εἰσ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, καὶ σὺ εἰσακούσῃ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τῆσ κατοικήσεώσ σου ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ποιήσεισ καὶ ἵλεωσ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 8:28)
  • καὶ ἀκούσῃ τῆσ δεήσεωσ τοῦ παιδόσ σου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ, ἃ ἂν προσεύξωνται εἰσ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, καὶ σὺ εἰσακούσῃ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τῆσ κατοικήσεώσ σου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀκούσῃ καὶ ἵλεωσ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 6:21)

Synonyms

  1. a settling in

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

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