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οἰκητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκητός οἰκητή οἰκητόν

Structure: οἰκητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)ke/w

Sense

  1. inhabited

Examples

  • ταῦθ’ ὑμῖν ἐγὼ καὶ ζῶν διενοήθην γίγνεσθαι καὶ νῦν διανοοῦμαι, καὶ τότε κρατήσασ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μεθ’ ὑμῶν, εἰ μὴ ξενικαὶ ἐρινύεσ ἐκώλυσαν, κατέστησα <ἂν> ᾗπερ καὶ διενοούμην, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Σικελίαν ἂν τὴν ἄλλην, εἴπερ ἔργα ἐπὶ νῷ ἐγίγνετο, κατῴκισα, τοὺσ μὲν βαρβάρουσ ἣν νῦν ἔχουσιν ἀφελόμενοσ, ὅσοι μὴ ὑπὲρ τῆσ κοινῆσ ἐλευθερίασ διεπολέμησαν πρὸσ τὴν τυραννίδα, τοὺσ δ’ ἔμπροσθεν οἰκητὰσ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν τόπων εἰσ τὰσ ἀρχαίασ καὶ πατρῴασ οἰκήσεισ κατοικίσασ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 34:2)
  • καὶ δὴ καὶ θεῶν ἄλση τε καὶ ἱερὰ αὐτοῖσ εἶναι, ἐν οἷσ τῷ ὄντι οἰκητὰσ θεοὺσ εἶναι, καὶ φήμασ τε καὶ μαντείασ καὶ αἰσθήσεισ τῶν θεῶν καὶ τοιαύτασ συνουσίασ γίγνεσθαι αὐτοῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 893:2)

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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