oecumene

== English == === Noun === oecumene (plural oecumenes) (UK) Alternative form of ecumene. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oe̯ˈkuː.mɛ.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈkuː.me.ne] === Noun === oecūmenē f (genitive oecūmenēs); first declension The inhabited region of the known world. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === Patrick G. Walsh, editor (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 1365