οἰκουμένη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
οἰκουμένη
οἰκουμένης
Structure:
οἰκουμεν
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Etym.: pres. part of oi)ke/w
Sense
- inhabited region
- the inhabited world, particularly that known to the ancient Greeks: (sub-polar) Europe, (western) Asia, and (northern and Saharan) Africa
- (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.
- οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἔφαγον τὸ μὰν ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα, ἕωσ ἦλθον εἰσ γῆν οἰκουμένην. ἐφάγοσαν τὸ μάν, ἕωσ παρεγένοντο εἰσ μέροσ τῆσ Φοινίκησ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:35)
- δ ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην φυλαῖσ ἀναμεμεῖχθαι δυσμενῆ λαόν τινα τοῖσ νόμοισ ἀντίθετον πρὸσ πᾶν ἔθνοσ τά τε τῶν βασιλέων παραπέμποντασ διηνεκῶσ διατάγματα, πρὸσ τὸ μὴ κατατίθεσθαι τὴν ὑφ̓ ἡμῶν κατευθυνομένην ἀμέμπτωσ συναρχίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:17)
- καὶ τὸ περιβόητον καθ̓ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ἱερὸν ἀνακομίσασθαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐλευθερῶσαι καὶ τοὺσ μέλλοντασ καταλύεσθαι νόμουσ ἐπανορθῶσαι, τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ πάσησ ἐπιεικείασ ἱλέω γενομένου αὐτοῖσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:22)
- καὶ αὐτὸσ κρινεῖ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, κρινεῖ λαοὺσ ἐν εὐθύτητι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 9:9)
- φοβηθήτω τὸν Κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντεσ οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ τὴν οἰκουμένην. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 32:8)
