οἰκέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

οἰκέω (oikéō, “live; manage, direct”) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ké.tɛːs/ → /yˈce.tis/ → /iˈce.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ké.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈke.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈce.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈce.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈce.tis/

Noun

οἰκέτης • (oikétēs) m (genitive οἰκέτου); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. household slave
2. (in the plural) household

Declension

First declension of ὁ οἰκέτης; τοῦ οἰκέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκέτης ho oikétēs	τὼ οἰκέτᾱ tṑ oikétā	οἱ οἰκέται hoi oikétai
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκέτου toû oikétou	τοῖν οἰκέταιν toîn oikétain	τῶν οἰκετῶν tôn oiketôn
Dative	τῷ οἰκέτῃ tôi oikétēi	τοῖν οἰκέταιν toîn oikétain	τοῖς οἰκέταις toîs oikétais
Accusative	τὸν οἰκέτην tòn oikétēn	τὼ οἰκέτᾱ tṑ oikétā	τοὺς οἰκέτᾱς toùs oikétās
Vocative	οἰκέτᾰ oikéta	οἰκέτᾱ oikétā	οἰκέται oikétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ οἰκέτης; τοῦ οἰκέτεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκέτης ho oikétēs	τὼ οἰκέτᾱ tṑ oikétā	οἱ οἰκέται hoi oikétai
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκέτεω / οἰκέτω toû oikéteō / oikétō	τοῖν οἰκέταιν toîn oikétain	τῶν οἰκετέων / οἰκετῶν tôn oiketéōn / oiketôn
Dative	τῷ οἰκέτῃ tôi oikétēi	τοῖν οἰκέταιν toîn oikétain	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν οἰκέτῃσῐ / οἰκέτῃσῐν toîsi(n) oikétēisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἰκέτην tòn oikétēn	τὼ οἰκέτᾱ tṑ oikétā	τοὺς οἰκέτᾱς toùs oikétās
Vocative	οἰκέτᾰ oikéta	οἰκέτᾱ oikétā	οἰκέται oikétai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “οἰκέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press