οἰκουμέν-η(sc.γῆ),ἡ,
A. inhabited region,
v. οἰκέω
A. 1 ; thenthe Greek world,opp. barbarian lands, D. 7.35 ; πᾶσα ἡ οἰ.
Id. 18.48
; in Arist. Mete. 362b26 ,ἡ οἰ., = the inhabited world(including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opp. possibly uninhabited regions, cf. Cleom. 2.1 ; in Arist. Mu. 392b26 ,ἥδε ἡ οἰ., =ourworld(= Asia, Libya, Europe);οἰκουμέναι worlds,ib. 31 ; ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰ.
Epicur. Sent.Vat. 52
;σοῦ(i.e. Ptolemy 11 or 111 ) τῆς οἰ. πάσης βασιλεύοντος
PSI 5.541.7
, cf. LXX 1 Es. 2.3 ; loosely,the whole world,
Hyp. Eux. 33 (prob.), Antiph. 179 , PMag.Lond. 121.704 , Luc. Halc. 3 , Ath. 8.350a : so perh. in some passages cited under 11 .
II. the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων(etc.)τῆς οἰ.,i.e. the Emperor, OGI 666.4 , 668.5 , POxy. 1021.5
(i A.D.), CIG 2581 - 2 , 4416 , Ev.Luc. 2.1 , Act.Ap. 17.6 , 24.5 , Sammelb. 176.2