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.
- καὶ ὤφθησαν ἀφέσεισ θαλάσσησ, καὶ ἀπεκαλύφθη θεμέλια τῆσ οἰκουμένησ ἐν τῇ ἐπιτιμήσει Κυρίου, ἀπὸ πνοῆσ πνεύματοσ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:16)
- τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺσ Περσῶν Κῦροσ. ἐμὲ ἀνέδειξε βασιλέα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ ὁ Κύριοσ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Κύριοσ ὁ Ὕψιστοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:3)
- β πολλῶν ἐπάρξασ ἐθνῶν καὶ πάσησ ἐπικρατήσασ οἰκουμένησ, ἐβουλήθην μὴ τῷ θράσει τῆσ ἐξουσίασ ἐπαιρόμενοσ, ἐπιεικέστερον δὲ καὶ μετὰ ἠπιότητοσ ἀεὶ διεξάγων, τοὺσ τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀκυμάντουσ διαπαντὸσ καταστῆσαι βίουσ, τήν τε βασιλείαν ἥμερον καὶ πορευτὴν μέχρι περάτων παρεξόμενοσ ἀνανεώσασθαί τε τὴν ποθουμένην τοῖσ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ εἰρήνην. ̔͂ (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:15)
- καὶ ὤφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, καὶ ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ θεμέλια τῆσ οἰκουμένησ ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεώσ σου, Κύριε, ἀπὸ ἐμπνεύσεωσ πνεύματοσ ὀργῆσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 17:16)
- εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγοσ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰσ τὰ πέρατα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:5)
