Meanings
plural oecists · alternative oekist · alternative œkist · alternative oikist
- Ancient GreeceA founder of a colony.
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.
1992, Shlomo Berger, Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 631 more example
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.
1970, Molly Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 46
Origin
- Ancient Greekοἰκιστής
- Englishoecist
From Ancient Greek οἰκιστής (oikistḗs).
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French œciste
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Italian ecista
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