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English term or phrase:home
Greek (Ancient) translation:ïßêïò, åóôßá
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / painting homes
English term or phrase: home
ancient greek translation
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ïßêïò / åóôßá
Explanation:
Oikos = house, dwelling.
It is not used very often nowadays as the word for house itself, other than in compound words, but it will be found in phrases such as:
ï ïßêïò ôïõ Èåïý = the house of God/of the Lord
âáóéëéêüò ïßêïò = royal house
ïßêïò åõãçñßáò = old people’s home
åìðïñéêüò ïßêïò = commercial firm
ïßêïò áíï÷Þò = house of ill repute
ïßêïò ìüäáò = fashion house
åêäïôéêüò ïßêïò = publishing house
ï Ëåõêüò Ïßêïò = the White House
And it is the word from which eco- of ecology etc. comes from.
There are a number of foreign firms etc called oikos or oekos.

Hestia = hearth of the house, the fireside; the house itself, the home
Hestia (Latin, Vesta) is also the name of the Greek goddess of the hearth fire, who presided over domestic life.
Though not very often, it is still used with that meaning, e.g.
åðÝóôñåøáí óôéò åóôßåò ôïõò = they returned to their homes
ç ÅñãáôéêÞ Åóôßá = Workers’ Centre
öïéôçôéêÞ åóôßá = students’ residence hall
ïéêïãåíåéáêÞ åóôßá = marital home
A number of other meanings have been added, and so it can be used for the source of a fire or an infection, the football goal, the focus of a beam of light or as the formal name of a cooker.

Both words have been replaced in everyday speech by óðßôé ('spiti) from the Latin hospitium.

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I didn't want to complicate things by bringing "oikia" into this, but it would probably be a good idea to make the necessary differentiation.
Ïéêßá derives from ïßêïò and there’s a lot of debate on the web about the difference between the two words as they are used in the New Testament. (Google for oikos, oikia, and you’ll know what I mean.) To keep it simple, and I quote from the Dictionary of Modern Greek in its note on the history of the work oikia: The word ‘oikia’ denoted, in particular, the building, the house, the covered area of the dwelling, while the word ‘oikos’, which covered a wider range of meanings, was also used to refer to the family, the family estate, as well as other buildings, e.g. temples, halls, etc.
In modern Greek, oikia is the formal word for a house, used in combinations such as:
ç ïéêßá ôïõ ðñÝóâç = the ambassador’s residence
ïéêßá ÐáðáäéáìÜíôç = the house of Papadiamantis
or in ‘house for sale’ ads.

Trivia: The name of the Swedish chain of furniture stores IKEA was formed from the founder's initials (I.K., Ingvar Kamprad) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, the farm and village where he grew up. That it reminds those in the know of ‘oikia’ is a coincidence.
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ïéêéá


Explanation:
Hi, I'm a PhD in ancient greek philology, and for your question I'd prefer to say that the simple termn oikia, ïéêßá, for it is the mos common and simple use of a normal modern house. Other terms like anaktwras, áíÜêôùñïò, or other, would refer a principal's house, like a king's house or so.

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other terms which I've seen like estia, åóôßá, are not so usual in ancient common greek, they are more byzantine or even modern greek.

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ïßêïò / åóôßá


Explanation:
Oikos = house, dwelling.
It is not used very often nowadays as the word for house itself, other than in compound words, but it will be found in phrases such as:
ï ïßêïò ôïõ Èåïý = the house of God/of the Lord
âáóéëéêüò ïßêïò = royal house
ïßêïò åõãçñßáò = old people’s home
åìðïñéêüò ïßêïò = commercial firm
ïßêïò áíï÷Þò = house of ill repute
ïßêïò ìüäáò = fashion house
åêäïôéêüò ïßêïò = publishing house
ï Ëåõêüò Ïßêïò = the White House
And it is the word from which eco- of ecology etc. comes from.
There are a number of foreign firms etc called oikos or oekos.

Hestia = hearth of the house, the fireside; the house itself, the home
Hestia (Latin, Vesta) is also the name of the Greek goddess of the hearth fire, who presided over domestic life.
Though not very often, it is still used with that meaning, e.g.
åðÝóôñåøáí óôéò åóôßåò ôïõò = they returned to their homes
ç ÅñãáôéêÞ Åóôßá = Workers’ Centre
öïéôçôéêÞ åóôßá = students’ residence hall
ïéêïãåíåéáêÞ åóôßá = marital home
A number of other meanings have been added, and so it can be used for the source of a fire or an infection, the football goal, the focus of a beam of light or as the formal name of a cooker.

Both words have been replaced in everyday speech by óðßôé ('spiti) from the Latin hospitium.

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Note added at 1 hr 53 mins (2005-09-11 12:16:30 GMT)
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I didn't want to complicate things by bringing "oikia" into this, but it would probably be a good idea to make the necessary differentiation.
Ïéêßá derives from ïßêïò and there’s a lot of debate on the web about the difference between the two words as they are used in the New Testament. (Google for oikos, oikia, and you’ll know what I mean.) To keep it simple, and I quote from the Dictionary of Modern Greek in its note on the history of the work oikia: The word ‘oikia’ denoted, in particular, the building, the house, the covered area of the dwelling, while the word ‘oikos’, which covered a wider range of meanings, was also used to refer to the family, the family estate, as well as other buildings, e.g. temples, halls, etc.
In modern Greek, oikia is the formal word for a house, used in combinations such as:
ç ïéêßá ôïõ ðñÝóâç = the ambassador’s residence
ïéêßá ÐáðáäéáìÜíôç = the house of Papadiamantis
or in ‘house for sale’ ads.

Trivia: The name of the Swedish chain of furniture stores IKEA was formed from the founder's initials (I.K., Ingvar Kamprad) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, the farm and village where he grew up. That it reminds those in the know of ‘oikia’ is a coincidence.


Nick Lingris
Greece
Local time: 21:26
Works in field
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agree  Natassa Iosifidou
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Or "ïßêáäå"-just in case an adverb is required since the asker gives us no information.//Ok
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