oecistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Ancient Greek οἰκιστής (oikistḗs)

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɪst/, /ˈiːkɪst/

名詞

oecist (複数形 oecists)

1. (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.

Further reading

• oikistes on Wikipedia.
• “oecist” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.