σπίτι
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σπίτιν (spítin), from earlier or Koine Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion), from Latin hospitium (“lodgings”). Compare Albanian shtëpi and Sicilian spizziu. Displaced earlier Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspiti/
- Hyphenation: σπί‧τι
Noun
σπίτι • (spíti) n (plural σπίτια)
- (also used adverbially) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)
- (by extension) household, house (all the persons who live in a given house)
- (euphemistic, figuratively) brothel (house used by prostitutes)
- Synonyms: οίκος ανοχής (oíkos anochís), πορνείο (porneío)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
| genitive | σπιτιού (spitioú) | σπιτιών (spitión) |
| accusative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
| vocative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
Derived terms
- από σπίτι (apó spíti, “of good lineage”, literally “from a house”)
- ασπίτωτος (aspítotos, “homeless”, adjective)
- για σπίτι (gia spíti, “marriageable”, literally “for a household”)
- δουλειές του σπιτιού f pl (douleiés tou spitioú, “housework”)
- κάνω το σπίτι (káno to spíti, “to do housework”)
- κλείνω το σπίτι (kleíno to spíti, “to bring trouble on a household”, literally “to close the house”)
- σπιτάκι n (spitáki, diminutive)
- σπιταρόνα f (spitaróna, augmentative)
- σπιτήσιος (spitísios, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
- σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou, “home sweet home”, literally “my house, my little house”)
- σπιτικό n (spitikó, “household”)
- σπιτικός (spitikós, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
- σπιτόγατος m (spitógatos, “stay-at-home person, homebird”)
- σπιτονοικοκυρά f (spitonoikokyrá, “landlady”)
- σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris, “landlord”)
- σπίτωμα n (spítoma, “act of providing with a home, putting up”)
- σπιτώνω (spitóno, “to provide with a home, to put up”)
Further reading
- σπίτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- σπίτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language