oîkos
Erscheinungsbild
From ϝοῖκος (woîkos), from Proto-Hellenic *wóikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“to enter, settle; settlement, homestead, village”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀒 (wo-ko /wojkos/, “home”), Latin vīcus (whence English wick(“village”)), Proto-Slavic *vьsь (“village”), Sanskrit विश् (viś) and वेश (veśa), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃, and Albanian vis.
Pronunciation
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Noun
οἶκος • (oîkos) m (genitive οἴκου); second declension
- dwelling place, settlement, house [ quotations ▼]
- room, chamber [ quotations ▼]
- meeting tent, meeting house, hall, monument [ quotations ▼]
- birdcage [ quotations ▼]
- estate, inheritance [ quotations ▼]
- reigning family [ quotations ▼]