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οἰκέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκέτης οἰκέτου

Structure: οἰκετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: oi)ke/w

Sense

  1. a house-slave, menial

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οἰκέτης οἰκέτᾱ οἰκέται
Genitive οἰκέτου οἰκέταιν οἰκετῶν
Dative οἰκέτῃ οἰκέταιν οἰκέταις
Accusative οἰκέτην οἰκέτᾱ οἰκέτᾱς
Vocative οἰκέτα οἰκέτᾱ οἰκέται

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

  • ἐὰν δέ τισ πατάξῃ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν τοῦ οἰκέτου αὐτοῦ ἢ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν τῆσ θεραπαίνησ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκτυφλώσῃ, ἐλευθέρουσ ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:26)
  • ἐὰν δὲ τὸν ὀδόντα τοῦ οἰκέτου ἢ τὸν ὀδόντα τῆσ θεραπαίνησ αὐτοῦ ἐκκόψῃ, ἐλευθέρουσ ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀδόντοσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:27)
  • Ἐὰν δὲ ταπεινωθῇ ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου παρὰ σοί, καὶ πραθῇ σοι, οὐ δουλεύσει σοι δουλείαν οἰκέτου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:39)
  • διότι οἰκέται μού εἰσιν οὗτοι, οὓσ ἐξήγαγον ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. οὐ πραθήσεται ἐν πράσει οἰκέτου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:42)
  • τοῦ τε βασιλέωσ καὶ τοῦ ὀρφανοῦ ποιεῖ τὴν διάνοιαν μίαν, τήν τε τοῦ οἰκέτου καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἐλευθέρου, τήν τε τοῦ πένητοσ καὶ τὴν τοῦ πλουσίου. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:18)

Synonyms

  1. a house-slave

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

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