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οἶκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἶκος οἴκου

Structure: οἰκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. house or dwelling place
  2. room, chamber
  3. meeting house, hall; monument

Declension

Second declension

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

  • ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριοσ τῷ Ἅβραμ. ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ σου καὶ ἐκ τῆσ συγγενείασ σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρόσ σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰσ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:1)
  • καὶ πάντεσ οἱ ἄνδρεσ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ οἰκογενεῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀργυρώνητοι ἐξ ἀλλογενῶν ἐθνῶν, περιέτεμεν αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:27)
  • ἐκτείναντεσ δὲ οἱ ἄνδρεσ τὰσ χεῖρασ εἰσεσπάσαντο τὸν Λὼτ πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ εἰσ τὸν οἶκον, καὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ οἴκου ἀπέκλεισαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:10)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ ὄντασ ἐπὶ τῆσ θύρασ τοῦ οἴκου ἐπάταξαν ἐν ἀορασίᾳ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕωσ μεγάλου, καὶ παρελύθησαν ζητοῦντεσ τὴν θύραν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:11)
  • ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγέ με ὁ Θεὸσ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρόσ μου, καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ. ταύτην τὴν δικαιοσύνην ποιήσεισ εἰσ ἐμέ, εἰσ πάντα τόπον οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθωμεν ἐκεῖ, εἰπὸν ἐμέ, ὅτι ἀδελφόσ μου ἐστίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:13)

Synonyms

  1. house or dwelling place

  2. room

  3. meeting house

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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