οἰκουμένη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(sc. [[γῆ]]), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[inhabited region]], v. [[οἰκέω]] A. 1; then [[the Greek world]], opp. barbarian lands, <span class="bibl">D.7.35</span>; πᾶσα ἡ οἰ. <span class="bibl">Id.18.48</span>; in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>362b26</span>, <b class="b3">ἡ οἰ</b>., = [[the inhabited world]] (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opp. possibly uninhabited regions, cf. <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.1</span>; in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>392b26</span>, <b class="b3">ἥδε ἡ οἰ</b>., = our [[world]] (= Asia, Libya, Europe); [[οἰκουμέναι]] [[worlds]], ib.<span class="bibl">31</span>; ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰ. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>52</span>; [[σοῦ]] (i.e. Ptolemy ''ΙΙ'' or ''III'') τῆς οἰ. πάσης βασιλεύοντος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.541.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Es.</span>2.3</span>; loosely, [[the whole world]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>33</span> (prob.), <span class="bibl">Antiph.179</span>, <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>121.704, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Halc.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.8.350a</span>: so perhaps in some passages cited under ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[the Roman world]], <b class="b3">ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων</b> (etc.) <b class="b3">τῆς οἰ</b>., i.e. the Emperor, <span class="title">OGI</span>666.4,668.5, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1021.5</span> (i A.D.), <span class="title">CIG</span>2581-2,4416,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>2.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>17.6</span>, <span class="bibl">24.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>176.2</span> (ii A.D.), Gal.10.7, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Macr.</span> 7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα</b> [[the world]] to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>2.5</span>.</span>