Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oecus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oe-cus
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oecus, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *weyḱ-, oecus, οἶκος

Inflected Forms

oeci (plural) œcus (alternative)

Questions

What does oecus mean?: An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.
Where does oecus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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