oecus

English

noun
Definitions
  • (history) An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oecus derived from Ancient Greek οἶκος (house, household, home, dwelling, family, dwelling-place, a house) root from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (village, house, household, settlement, homestead, extended family, clan, settle, enter, change).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyḱ-

Gloss

village, house, household, settlement, homestead, extended family, clan, settle, enter, change

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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