Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰκητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκητός οἰκητή οἰκητόν

Structure: οἰκητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)ke/w

Sense

  1. inhabited

Examples

  • ἐγκλιθῆναί πωσ τὸν κόσμον ἐκ τοῦ αὐτομάτου εἰσ τὸ μεσημβρινὸν αὑτοῦ μέροσ, ἴσωσ ὑπὸ, προνοίασ, ἵν’ ἃ μὲν ἀοίκητα γένηται ἃ δ’ οἰκητὰ μέρη τοῦ κόσμου, κατὰ ψῦξιν καὶ ἐκπύρωσιν καὶ εὐκρασίαν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. inhabited

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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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