οἶκος

οἶκος, ὁ, A. house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (v. κλισία), Il. 24.471,572, cf. S. Aj. 65 ; of the Cyclops’ cave, Od. 9.478 ; of a tent, LXXGe. 31.33 ; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, Od. 23.7 ; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον A. Eu. 459, S. Ph. 240 ; πρὸς οἶκον A. Ag. 867, S. OT 1491, etc. ; κατʼ οἶκον Id. El. 929, etc. ; κατʼ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις Id. Tr. 689 ; οἱ κατʼ οἶκον ib.934 ; αἱ κατʼ οἶκον κακοπραγίαι Th. 2.60 ; τἂν οἴκῳ A. Ch. 579 ; ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδειν Antipho 2.1.4,8 ; οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ PCair.Zen. 93.10 (iii B.C.); ἐξ οἴκου ἀποδημεῖν ib.44.23 (iii B.C.) ; ἐπʼ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, Th. 1.87, cf. 30, 108,2.31, etc. ; ἀπʼ οἴκου from home, Id. 1.99, etc. ; cf. οἰκία. b. freq. omitted after εἰς or ἐν, v. εἰς I.4c, ἐν A.I.2. 2. room, chamber, Od. 1.356, 19.514,598 ; οἶ. θερμός Dsc. 2.164 ; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. Phryn. Com.66, X. Smp. 2.18; room in a temple, IG 42(1).110A 27, al.(Epid., pl.) : pl. οἶκοι freq., = a single house, Od. 24.417, A. Pers. 230,524, etc.; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, Id. Ag. 1554 (anap.); ἀπʼ οἴκων S. Aj. 762 ; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, Id. Ph. 311,383 ; κατʼ οἴκους at home, within, Hdt. 3.79, S. Aj. 65, Mnesim. 4.52. 3. of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων IG 22.1672.24 ; Δεκελειῶν ib. 1237.33 ; of treasuries at Delos, JHS 25.310, al., cf. Hsch. s.v. θησαυρός ; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ., v. ἐγκριτήριος ; temple, IG 4.1580 (Aegina), Hdt. 8.143, E. Ph. 1373, Ar. Nu. 600 ; οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός SIG 987.3, cf. 25 (Chios, iv B.C.) ; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος UPZ 79.4 (ii B.C.) ; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] Ev.Matt. 21.13, al. ; of a funerary monument, BCH 2.610 (Cibyra), 18.11 (Magnesia) ; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, D.S. 1.51. 4. cage for birds, Id. 13.82 (s.v.l., οἰκ<ίσκ>ῳ Valck.); beehive, Gp. 15.2.22. 5. Astrol., domicile of a planet, PLond. 1.98r.12, al.(i/ii A.D.), Ael. NA 12.7, Vett.Val. 7.25, Man. 2.141, Eust. 162.2. II. oneʼs household goods, substance (cf. οἴκοθεν 2), οἶ. ἐμὸς διόλωλε Od. 2.64 ; ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶ. 4.318 ; καὶ οἶ. καὶ κλῆρος ἀκήρατος Il. 15.498 ; οἶκον δέ κʼ ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην Od. 7.314, cf. Hdt. 3.53, 7.224, etc.: in Att. law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος And. 4.15, cf. Lys. 12.93, Is. 5.15, D. 27.4, etc. ; οἶ. πέντε ταλάντων Is. 7.42 ; cf. οἰκία. III. a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος Hdt. 5.31, cf.6.9, Th. 1.137, Isoc. 3.41 ; Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων ὄλεθρον A. Ch. 862 (anap.), cf. S. Ant. 594(lyr.) ; also of any family, Is. 10.4, LXXGe. 7.1, D.H. 1.85 ; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, Ph. 2.520 ; οὐδενὸς οἴκου δεύτερον γενόμενον IG 42(1).84.32 (Epid., i A.D.) ; τοὺς πρώτους τᾶς πόλιος οἴκους ib.86.15(ibid., i A.D.). (Orig. ϝοῖκος, cf. ϝοίκω, οἰκία : cf. Skt. veśás, viś- ‘house’, Lat. vicus, vicinus, etc.)