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

  • ἐμοῦ δὲ μήποτ’ ἀξιωθήτω τόδε πατρῷον ἄστυ ζῶντοσ οἰκητοῦ τυχεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐά με ναίειν ὄρεσιν, ἔνθα κλῄζεται οὑμὸσ Κιθαιρὼν οὗτοσ, ὃν μήτηρ τέ μοι πατήρ τ’ ἐθέσθην ζῶντε κύριον τάφον, ἵν’ ἐξ ἐκείνων, οἵ μ’ ἀπωλλύτην, θάνω. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:3)

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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