κατοικέσια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατοικίζω (katoikízō, “to found a settlement”) +‎ -ία (-ía, “suffix for abstract nouns.”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.toi̯.ké.si.a/ → /ka.tyˈce.si.a/ → /ka.tiˈce.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.toi̯.ké.si.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tyˈke.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tyˈce.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tyˈce.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.tiˈce.si.a/

Noun

κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ • (katoikésia) n pl (genitive κᾰτοικεσίων); second declension

1. an annual festival to commemorate the founding of a settlement

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ; τῶν κᾰτοικεσῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ tà katoikésia
Genitive	τῶν κᾰτοικεσῐ́ων tôn katoikesíōn
Dative	τοῖς κᾰτοικεσῐ́οις toîs katoikesíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ tà katoikésia
Vocative	κᾰτοικέσῐᾰ katoikésia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• κατοικέσια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κατοικέσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press