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.
- ὧν δὴ καὶ ἕνεκεν ἐγγὺσ ἀφικνεῖσθαι τῶν οἰκουμένων μέχρι τῆσ Σύρτεωσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 8:2)
- ἀλλὰ ὠφελήθην μὲν οὐδὲν πώποτε, ἠλέησα δὲ πολλάκισ ναυαγοὺσ ἀφικομένουσ, καὶ τῇ σκηνῇ ὑπεδεξάμην, καὶ φαγεῖν ἔδωκα καὶ πιεῖν, καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο ἐδυνάμην, ἐπεβοήθησα καὶ συνηκολούθησα μέχρι τῶν οἰκουμένων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 63:3)
- ὥστε ἔμοιγε δοκοῦσι τῶν οὕτωσ οἰκουμένων αἱ τελέωσ ἀνῃρημέναι πόλεισ κρεῖττον ἀπαλλάττειν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 208:3)
- πρὸσ ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν οἰκουμένων τόπων ἄνω τε καὶ περὶ τὸ βασίλειον καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τείχουσ πολλοὺσ καὶ μεγάλουσ ἐτετμήκει λάκκουσ ἐν ταῖσ πέτραισ φυλακτῆρασ ὑδάτων, μηχανώμενοσ εἶναι χορηγίαν ὅση τῷ ἐκ πηγῶν ἐστι χρωμένοισ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 331:1)
- ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν οἰκουμένων τόπων εἰσ τὴν ἔρημον ὑπὸ τῆσ τύχησ ἐκτετοπισμένοι τῆσ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων ἄγρασ εὐποροῦσιν, ὑγρὰν δὲ τροφὴν οὐκ ἐπιζητοῦσι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 18 1:2)
