οἰκουμένη

See also: οικουμένη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • οἰκεομένη (oikeoménē) — uncontracted

Etymology

Present passive participle of οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”). The noun use is an ellipsis of οἰκουμένη γῆ (oikouménē gê, “inhabited earth”).

Pronunciation

 

Participle

οἰκουμένη • (oikouménē)

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of οἰκούμενος (oikoúmenos)

Noun

οἰκουμένη • (oikouménē) f (genitive οἰκουμένης); first declension

  1. inhabited region
  2. the inhabited world, particularly the region known to the ancient Greeks: (sub-polar) Europe, (western) Asia, and (northern and Saharan) Africa
  3. (Byzantine) the civilized world, particularly the land of the Roman or Byzantine Empire

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἰκουμένη; τῆς οἰκουμένης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ οἰκουμένη
hē oikouménē 		τὼ οἰκουμένᾱ
tṑ oikouménā 		αἱ οἰκουμέναι
hai oikouménai
Genitive τῆς οἰκουμένης
tês oikouménēs 		τοῖν οἰκουμέναιν
toîn oikouménain 		τῶν οἰκουμενῶν
tôn oikoumenôn
Dative τῇ οἰκουμένῃ
tēî oikouménēi 		τοῖν οἰκουμέναιν
toîn oikouménain 		ταῖς οἰκουμέναις
taîs oikouménais
Accusative τὴν οἰκουμένην
tḕn oikouménēn 		τὼ οἰκουμένᾱ
tṑ oikouménā 		τᾱ̀ς οἰκουμένᾱς
tā̀s oikouménās
Vocative οἰκουμένη
oikouménē 		οἰκουμένᾱ
oikouménā 		οἰκουμέναι
oikouménai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἡ οἰκουμένη ἡ μέλλουσα (hē oikouménē hē méllousa, “the world to come”)
  • οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós)

Descendants

See also

References

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