οἰκουμενικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “the inhabited world”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.kuː.me.ni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ku.me.niˈkos/

Adjective

οἰκουμενῐκός • (oikoumenĭkós) m (feminine οἰκουμενῐκή, neuter οἰκουμενῐκόν); first/second declension

from or open to the whole world

Inflection

First and second declension of οἰκουμενῐκός; οἰκουμενῐκή; οἰκουμενῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	οἰκουμενῐκός oikoumenĭkós	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenĭkḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenĭkón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenĭkā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenĭkoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenĭkaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumenĭkắ
Genitive	οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenĭkoû	οἰκουμενῐκῆς oikoumenĭkês	οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenĭkoû	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenĭkoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenĭkaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenĭkoîn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenĭkôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenĭkôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenĭkôn
Dative	οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenĭkōî	οἰκουμενῐκῇ oikoumenĭkēî	οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenĭkōî	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenĭkoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenĭkaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenĭkoîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenĭkoîs	οἰκουμενῐκαῖς oikoumenĭkaîs	οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenĭkoîs
Accusative	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenĭkón	οἰκουμενῐκήν oikoumenĭkḗn	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenĭkón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenĭkā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκούς oikoumenĭkoús	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ς oikoumenĭkā́s	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumenĭkắ
Vocative	οἰκουμενῐκέ oikoumenĭké	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenĭkḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenĭkón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenĭkā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenĭkṓ	οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenĭkoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenĭkaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumenĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	οἰκουμενῐκῶς oikoumenĭkôs			οἰκουμενῐκώτερος oikoumenĭkṓteros			οἰκουμενῐκώτᾰτος oikoumenĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ French: œcuménique