κατοικέσια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κατοικίζω (katoikízō, “to found a settlement”) + -ία (-ía, “suffix for abstract nouns.”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.toi̯.ké.si.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.tyˈke.si.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.tyˈce.si.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.tyˈce.si.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.tiˈce.si.a/
Noun
κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ • (kătoikésĭă) n pl (genitive κᾰτοικεσίων); second declension
- an annual festival to commemorate the founding of a settlement
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ tằ kătoikésĭă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν κᾰτοικεσῐ́ων tôn kătoikesĭ́ōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς κᾰτοικεσῐ́οις toîs kătoikesĭ́ois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ tằ kătoikésĭă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ kătoikésĭă | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- κατοικέσια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κατοικέσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press