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οἰκουμένη

οἰκουμένη, the inhabited world

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οἰκουμέν-η (sc. γῆ), ἡ,
  • inhabited region, v. οἰκέω A. I; then the Greek world, opp. barbarian lands, D. 7.35; πᾶσα ἡ οἰ. Id. 18.48; in Arist. Mete. 362b26, ἡ οἰ., = the inhabited world (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opp. possibly uninhabited regions, cf. Cleom. 2.1; in Arist. Mu. 392b26, ἥδε ἡ οἰ., = our world (= Asia, Libya, Europe); οἰκουμέναι worlds, ib. 31; ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰ. Epicur. Sent.Vat. 52; σοῦ (i.e. Ptolemy II or III) τῆς οἰ. πάσης βασιλεύοντος PSI 5.541.7, cf. LXX 1 Es. 2.3; loosely, the whole world, Hyp. Eux. 33 (prob.), Antiph. 179, PMag.Lond. 121.704, Luc. Halc. 3, Ath. 8.350a: so perh. in some passages cited under ΙΙ.
    • II the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ., i.e. the Emperor, OGI 666.4,668.5, POxy. 1021.5 (i A.D.), CIG 2581-2,4416, Ev.Luc. 2.1, Act.Ap. 17.6, 24.5, Sammelb. 176.2 (ii A.D.), Gal. 10.7, Luc. Macr. 7.
    • III ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, Ep.Hebr. 2.5.

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