English
Œcles
Œcles comes from Ancient Greek Οἰκλῆς.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΟἰκλῆςOiklês
- Englishearliest quotation 1917Œcles
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΟἰκλῆςOiklês
- Englishearliest quotation 1917Œcles
Earliest quotation: 1917, Pausanias: “The gods in those days were sometimes mortals who…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis ‘sheep’
Today it means
name Son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Οἰκλῆς / Œcles