οἴκησις

Ancient Greek

From οἰκέω (oikéō, “to inhabit”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

οἴκησις • (oíkēsis) f (genitive οἰκήσεως); third declension

the act of dwelling or inhabiting
(of a city) management, administration
house, dwelling
- 441 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone‎^[1], section 891:
  ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις ἀείφρουρος
  ô túmbos, ô numpheîon, ô kataskaphḕs oíkēsis aeíphrouros
  ο tomb, o ⁠bridal chamber, o deep-dug dwelling forever guarded
inhabited district
family, household

Third declension of ἡ οἴκησῐς; τῆς οἰκήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἴκησῐς hē oíkēsĭs	τὼ οἰκήσει tṑ oikḗsei	αἱ οἰκήσεις hai oikḗseis
Genitive	τῆς οἰκήσεως tês oikḗseōs	τοῖν οἰκησέοιν toîn oikēséoin	τῶν οἰκήσεων tôn oikḗseōn
Dative	τῇ οἰκήσει tēî oikḗsei	τοῖν οἰκησέοιν toîn oikēséoin	ταῖς οἰκήσεσῐ / οἰκήσεσῐν taîs oikḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν οἴκησῐν tḕn oíkēsĭn	τὼ οἰκήσει tṑ oikḗsei	τᾱ̀ς οἰκήσεις tā̀s oikḗseis
Vocative	οἴκησῐ oíkēsĭ	οἰκήσει oikḗsei	οἰκήσεις oikḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“οἴκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“οἴκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
οἴκησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abode idem, page 2.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- domicile idem, page 247.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- habitation idem, page 380.
- home idem, page 403.
- house idem, page 408.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- open idem, page 574.
- residence idem, page 701.
- sojourn idem, page 791.