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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

  • κτενεῖ νιν ἡ τοῦδ’ ἄλοχοσ, οἰκουρὸσ πικρά. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 8:27)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ δύναμαι ’γωγ’ οὐδὲ κοιμᾶσθ’ ἐν πόλει, ἐξ οὗ τὸν ὄφιν εἶδον τὸν οἰκουρόν ποτε. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:11)
  • τοιοῦτοσ οὗτοσ, ἐν μὲν ταῖσ παρατάξεσιν οἰκουρόσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ οἴκοι μένουσι πρεσβευτήσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πρεσβευταῖσ δραπέτησ ἐστίν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 98:2)
  • ἐγὼ δέ ‐ λείπει γάρ με τοῖσδ’ ἐν δώμασιν τροφὸν τέκνων οἰκουρόν, ἡνίκα χθονὸσ μέλαιναν ὄρφνην εἰσέβαινε, παῖσ ἐμόσ ‐ σὺν μητρί, τέκνα μὴ θάνωσ’ Ἡρακλέουσ, βωμὸν καθίζω τόνδε σωτῆροσ Διόσ, ὃν καλλινίκου δορὸσ ἄγαλμ’ ἱδρύσατο Μινύασ κρατήσασ οὑμὸσ εὐγενὴσ τόκοσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:5)
  • ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ οἱο͂́σ ἐστιν οἰκουρὸσ μόνον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:17)
  • ἔχοντοσ ὁ δ’ οἰκουρὸσ; (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 17 15:1)
  • γύναι, σὺ τοὺσ ἥκοντασ ἐκ μάχησ μένων οἰκουρὸσ εὐνὴν ἀνδρὸσ αἰσχύνων ἅμα ἀνδρὶ στρατηγῷ τόνδ’ ἐβούλευσασ μόρον; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. watching the house

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

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