οἰκουμενικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “the inhabited world”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.koː.me.ni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ku.mɛ.niˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ku.me.niˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ku.me.niˈkos/

Adjective

οἰκουμενῐκός • (oikoumenikós) m (feminine οἰκουμενῐκή, neuter οἰκουμενῐκόν); first/second declension

from or open to the whole world

Inflection

First and second declension of οἰκουμενῐκός; οἰκουμενῐκή; οἰκουμενῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	οἰκουμενῐκός oikoumenikós	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenikḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenikoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenikaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Genitive	οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenikoû	οἰκουμενῐκῆς oikoumenikês	οἰκουμενῐκοῦ oikoumenikoû	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenikaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn	οἰκουμενῐκῶν oikoumenikôn
Dative	οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenikôi	οἰκουμενῐκῇ oikoumenikêi	οἰκουμενῐκῷ oikoumenikôi	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκαῖν oikoumenikaîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖν oikoumenikoîn	οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenikoîs	οἰκουμενῐκαῖς oikoumenikaîs	οἰκουμενῐκοῖς oikoumenikoîs
Accusative	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón	οἰκουμενῐκήν oikoumenikḗn	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκούς oikoumenikoús	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ς oikoumenikā́s	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Vocative	οἰκουμενῐκέ oikoumeniké	οἰκουμενῐκή oikoumenikḗ	οἰκουμενῐκόν oikoumenikón	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκᾱ́ oikoumenikā́	οἰκουμενῐκώ oikoumenikṓ	οἰκουμενῐκοί oikoumenikoí	οἰκουμενῐκαί oikoumenikaí	οἰκουμενῐκᾰ́ oikoumeniká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	οἰκουμενῐκῶς oikoumenikôs			οἰκουμενῐκώτερος oikoumenikṓteros			οἰκουμενῐκώτᾰτος oikoumenikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ French: œcuménique