οἰκουμένη

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”).

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
têi 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”)

Descendants

See also

References
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