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οἰκουρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκουρός οἰκουρόν

Structure: οἰκουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ou)=ros

Sense

  1. watching the house
  2. the mistress of the house, housekeeper, a stay-at-home

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative οἰκουρός οί̓κουρον
Genitive οἰκουροῦ οἰκούρου
Dative οἰκουρῷ οἰκούρῳ
Accusative οἰκουρόν οί̓κουρον
Vocative οἰκουρέ οί̓κουρον
DualN/A/V οἰκουρώ οἰκούρω
G/D οἰκουροῖν οἰκούροιν
PluralNominative οἰκουροί οί̓κουρα
Genitive οἰκουρῶν οἰκούρων
Dative οἰκουροῖς οἰκούροις
Accusative οἰκουρούς οί̓κουρα
Vocative οἰκουροί οί̓κουρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective οἰκουρός οἰκουροῦ οἰκουρότερος οἰκουροτεροῦ οἰκουρότατος οἰκουροτατοῦ
Adverb οἰκούρως οἰκουρότερον οἰκουρότατα

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

  • οἱ μὲν ἡρ́ωοσ οἰκουροῦ λέγουσιν, οἱ δ’ Ἡφαίστου τὸν ἔρωτα τοῦτον γενέσθαι. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 10 4:2)
  • οἱ μὲν ἡρ́ωοσ οἰκουροῦ λέγουσιν, οἱ δ’ Ἡφαίστου τὸν ἔρωτα τοῦτον γενέσθαι. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 10 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. watching the house

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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