oecist
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek οἰκιστής (oikistḗs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːsɪst/, /ˈiːkɪst/
Noun
oecist (plural oecists)
- (Ancient Greece) A founder of a colony.
- 1970, Molly Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates, SUNY Press (→ISBN), page 46:
- Euarchos of Katane has no patronymic or pedigree, nor, though oecist of a secondary colony, is he associated with an oecist from the original metropolis, Chalkis.
- 1992, Shlomo Berger, Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy, Franz Steiner Verlag (→ISBN), page 63:
- The most important local cult was the cult of the founder (oecist), which was connected to the historical event of the city's foundation in a given year.
- 1970, Molly Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates, SUNY Press (→ISBN), page 46:
Further reading
- “oecist” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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