σπίτι

Greek

From Byzantine Greek σπίτιν (spítin), from Koine Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion), from Latin hospitium (“lodgings”). Compare Albanian shtëpi. Displaced earlier Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos)

σπίτι • (spíti) n (plural σπίτια)

(also used adverbially) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)
Θα πάμε στο σπίτι του φίλου μου. ― Tha páme sto spíti tou fílou mou. ― We will go to my friend's house.

Πήγαινε σπίτι σου! ― Pígaine spíti sou! ― Go home!
(by extensions) household, house (all the persons who live in a given house)
Όλο το σπίτι μετακόμισε τον χειμώνα σε πιο ζεστά μέρη. ― Ólo to spíti metakómise ton cheimóna se pio zestá méri. ― The entire household moved in winter to warmer climes.
(euphemistic, figuratively) brothel (house used by prostitutes)

declension of σπίτι

σπιτάκι n (spitáki) (diminutive)
σπιταρόνα f (spitaróna) (augmentative)
σπιτικό n (spitikó, “household”)
σπιτικός (spitikós, “house-, home, homely”) (adjective)
σπιτήσιος (spitísios, “house-, home, homely”) (adjective)
σπιτόγατος m (spitógatos, “stay-at-home person, homebird”)
σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris, “landlord”)
σπιτονοικοκυρά f (spitonoikokyrá, “landlady”)
σπιτώνω (spitóno, “to provide with a home, to put up”)
σπίτωμα n (spítoma, “act of providing with a home, putting up”)
από σπίτι (apó spíti, “from good stock, of good lineage”) (literally: "from (a) house")
για σπίτι (gia spíti, “marriageable, nubile”) (literally: "for (to make a) household")
δουλειές του σπιτιού f pl (douleiés tou spitioú, “housework”)
κάνω το σπίτι (káno to spíti, “to clean up, to do the housework”) (literally: "to do the house")
κλείνω το σπίτι (kleíno to spíti, “bring trouble to a household”) (literally: "to close the house")
σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou, “home sweet home”) (literally: "my house, my little house")

(house, home): οίκος m (oíkos, “house, home”) (formal), κατοικία f (katoikía, “residence”), διαμονή f (diamoní, “residence, domicile”), οίκημα n (oíkima, “residence, dwelling”)
(household): φαμίλια f (família), σπιτικό n (spitikó)
(brothel): οίκος ανοχής m (oíkos anochís), πορνείο n (porneío)

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