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οἰκουμένη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκουμένη οἰκουμένης

Structure: οἰκουμεν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: pres. part of oi)ke/w

Sense

  1. inhabited region
  2. the inhabited world, particularly that known to the ancient Greeks: (sub-polar) Europe, (western) Asia, and (northern and Saharan) Africa
  3. (Byzantine Greek) the civilized world, particularly the land of the Roman or Byzantine Empire

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οἰκουμένη οἰκουμένᾱ οἰκουμέναι
Genitive οἰκουμένης οἰκουμέναιν οἰκουμενῶν
Dative οἰκουμένῃ οἰκουμέναιν οἰκουμέναις
Accusative οἰκουμένην οἰκουμένᾱ οἰκουμένᾱς
Vocative οἰκουμένη οἰκουμένᾱ οἰκουμέναι

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.

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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