ης (ἡ) v. οἰκέω.

(sc. γῆ), ἡ, inhabited region, v. οἰκέω A. 1 ; 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, PMagLond. 121.704, Luc. Halc. 3, Ath. 8.350a ; so perh. in some passages cited under II.
the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ., i.e. the Emperor, OGI 666.4, 668.5, POxy. 1021.5 (i AD), CIG 2581-2, 4416, Ev. Luc. 2.1, Act. Ap. 17.6, 24.5, Sammelb. 176.2 (ii AD), Gal. 10.7, Luc. Macr. 7. ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, Ep. Hebr. 2.5.

ἡ, die bewohnte Erde, s. οἰκέω.

οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ
(fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ ;]
the inhabited earth;
__(a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., al.);
__(b) in later writers, the Roman world: Luk.2:1, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants : Act.17:6 19:27;
__(with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9;
__(d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5.†
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