οἰκογενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

οἶκος (oîkos, “a house”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “born in”)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

οἰκογενής • (oikogenḗs) m or f (neuter οἰκογενές); third declension

  1. (of slaves) born in the house, homebred
    • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:
      Σωκράτης   Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
      Μένων   πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.
      Sōkrátēs   Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
      Ménōn   pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.
      Socrates: Is [the slave boy] a Greek and speaks Greek?
      Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.

Inflection

Third declension of οἰκογενής; οἰκογενές (contracted, Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative οἰκογενής
oikogenḗs 		οἰκογενές
oikogenés 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖς
oikogeneîs 		οἰκογενῆ
oikogenê
Genitive οἰκογενοῦς
oikogenoûs 		οἰκογενοῦς
oikogenoûs 		οἰκογενοῖν
oikogenoîn 		οἰκογενοῖν
oikogenoîn 		οἰκογενῶν
oikogenôn 		οἰκογενῶν
oikogenôn
Dative οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενοῖν
oikogenoîn 		οἰκογενοῖν
oikogenoîn 		οἰκογενέσῐ / οἰκογενέσῐν
oikogenésĭ(n) 		οἰκογενέσῐ / οἰκογενέσῐν
oikogenésĭ(n)
Accusative οἰκογενῆ
oikogenê 		οἰκογενές
oikogenés 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖς
oikogeneîs 		οἰκογενῆ
oikogenê
Vocative οἰκογενές
oikogenés 		οἰκογενές
oikogenés 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖ
oikogeneî 		οἰκογενεῖς
oikogeneîs 		οἰκογενῆ
oikogenê
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
οἰκογενῶς
oikogenôs 		οἰκογενέστερος
oikogenésteros 		οἰκογενέστᾰτος
oikogenéstătos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

“οἰκογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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