σπίτι
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Byzantine Greek σπίτιν (spítin), from earlier or Koine Greek ὁσπίτιον (hospítion), from Latin hospitium (“lodgings”). Compare Albanian shtëpi and Sicilian spizziu. Displaced earlier Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσπίτι • (spíti) n (plural σπίτια)
- (also used adverbially) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)
- (by extension) household, house (all the persons who live in a given house)
- (euphemistic, figuratively) brothel (house used by prostitutes)
- Synonyms: οίκος ανοχής (oíkos anochís), πορνείο (porneío)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
genitive | σπιτιού (spitioú) | σπιτιών (spitión) |
accusative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
vocative | σπίτι (spíti) | σπίτια (spítia) |
Derived terms
edit- ασπίτωτος (aspítotos, “homeless”, adjective)
- σπιτάκι n (spitáki, diminutive)
- σπιταρόνα f (spitaróna, augmentative)
- σπιτικό n (spitikó, “household”)
- σπιτικός (spitikós, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
- σπιτήσιος (spitísios, “house-, home, homely”, adjective)
- σπιτόγατος m (spitógatos, “stay-at-home person, homebird”)
- σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris, “landlord”)
- σπιτονοικοκυρά f (spitonoikokyrá, “landlady”)
- σπιτώνω (spitóno, “to provide with a home, to put up”)
- σπίτωμα n (spítoma, “act of providing with a home, putting up”)
- από σπίτι (apó spíti, “of good lineage”, literally “from a house”)
- για σπίτι (gia spíti, “marriageable”, literally “for a household”)
- δουλειές του σπιτιού f pl (douleiés tou spitioú, “housework”)
- κάνω το σπίτι (káno to spíti, “to do housework”)
- κλείνω το σπίτι (kleíno to spíti, “bring trouble on a household”)
(literally “to close the house”) - σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou, “home sweet home”)
(literally “my house, my little house")
Further reading
edit- σπίτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- σπίτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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