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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

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

  • Ψαλμὸσ τῷ Δαυί̈δ. τῆσ μιᾶσ Σαββάτων. ‐ ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΤΟΥ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆσ, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ πάντεσ οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 23:1)
  • ἐὰν πεινάσω, οὐ μή σοι εἴπω. ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 49:12)
  • φωνὴ τῆσ βροντῆσ σου ἐν τῷ τροχῷ, ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαί σου τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομοσ ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 76:19)
  • ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαὶ αὐτοῦ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, εἶδε καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 96:4)
  • σαλευθήτω ἡ θάλασσα καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆσ, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ πάντεσ οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 97:7)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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