Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰκήσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκήσιμος οἰκήσιμον

Structure: οἰκησιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)ke/w

Sense

  1. habitable

Examples

  • ἅπασα δ’ οἰκήσιμοσ καλῶσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 61:18)
  • ἀρκτέον δ’ ἀπὸ τῆσ Εὐρώπησ, ὅτι πολυσχήμων τε καὶ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν ἀνδρῶν εὐφυεστάτη καὶ πολιτειῶν καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ πλεῖστον μεταδεδωκυῖα τῶν οἰκείων ἀγαθῶν, ἐπειδὴ σύμπασα οἰκήσιμόσ ἐστι πλὴν ὀλίγησ τῆσ διὰ ψῦχοσ ἀοικήτου. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 52:4)

Synonyms

  1. habitable

Related

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

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