οἰκέω

οἰκέω, [dialect] Ep. [full] οἰκείω Hes.Th.330, [dialect] Locr. [full] ϝοικέω IG9(1).334.29 ; [dialect] Aeol. [tense] pres. part.

A

οἴκεις Alc.69

; Arg. [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pres. opt.

οἰκείη BCH33.452

: [tense] impf.

ᾤκεον Il.20.218

, al., [dialect] Att. ᾤκουν, [dialect] Ion.

οἴκεον Hdt.1.57

: [tense] fut.

οἰκήσω E.IA1508

(lyr.) : [tense] aor.

ᾤκησα Hdt.1.1

: [tense] pf.

ᾤκηκα S.El.1101

:— [voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., [tense] fut. οἰκήσομαι in med. sense, Men.Rh.p.363 S. ; but in pass., v. A. 11 : [tense] aor.

ᾠκήθην Il.2.668

, etc. ;

ᾠκησάμην Aristid.1.103

J. : [tense] pf. ᾤκημαι as [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. οἰκέαται, v. A.1.2, 3 : ([etym.] οἶκος) :

A trans., inhabit,

ὑπωρείας ᾤκεον πολυπίδακος Ἴδης Il.20.218

(elsewh. in Hom. always intr., v. infr. B) ;

οἰ. τοῦτον τὸν χῶρον Hdt.1.1

, cf. 175, etc. ;

οἰ. δόμους A.Supp.961

;

ἄντρον Id.Eu.194

: metaph., οἰ. αἰῶνα καὶ μοῖραν have, enjoy, E.l.c. :—[voice] Pass., to be inhabited,

οἰκέοιτο πόλις Πριάμοιο Il.4.18

;

ἐς γῆν . . οἰκουμένην S.Ph.221

; διὰ τῆς οἰκεομένης through the inhabited country, Hdt.2.32 ;

ὁδοιπόρεον ἐς τὴν οἰκεομένην Id.4.110

; τὰς ἄλλας πόλιας οἰκεομένας μηδὲν ἧσσον although inhabited no less than before, Id.1.170 : for ἡ οἰκουμένη, v. sub voce.

2 colonize, settle in,

τὰς πλείστας τῶν νήσων Th.1.8

, cf. 2.27, etc. ; πόλιν prob. in E.Fr.360.11 ; νῆσον οἰκῆσαι, i.e. to be deported, POxy.1101.24 (iv A. D.) : in [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., to be settled in, occupy,

τοῖσι τὰς νήσους οἰκημένοισι Ἴωσι Hdt.1.27

; αἱ δύο [πόλιες] νήσους οἰκέαται ib.142 (cf. infr. 3).

3 in [voice] Pass., to be settled, of men or tribes to whom new abodes are assigned,

τριχθὰ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν Il.2.668

: [dialect] Ion. [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. οἴκημαι, as [tense] pres., οἱ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ οἰκημένοι Ἕλληνες those who have been settled, i.e. those who dwell . . , Hdt.1.27 ; οἱ ἐντὸς Ἅλυος ποταμοῦ οἰ. ib.28, cf. 8.115 ; also of cities, to be situated, lie,

παρ' ὃν [ποταμὸν] Νίνος πόλις οἴκητο Id.1.193

.

II manage, direct a household or a state, S.OC1535 (dub. sens.), E.El. 386, Th.3.37 ;

οἴκει τὴν πόλιν ὁμοίως ὥσπερ τὸν πατρῷον οἶκον Isoc.2.19

: metaph., μὴ τὸν ἐμὸν οἴκει νοῦν don't manage . . , E.Fr.144 :— [voice] Pass., εὖ οἰκούμεναι πόλεις well governed, Id.Hipp.486 ; μετρίως, ὀρθῶς, ἄριστα οἰ., Pl.Lg.936b, R.371c, 520d, etc. ;

πατρίδος τετυχηκὼς ἣ νόμοις . . μάλιστα οἰκεῖσθαι δοκεῖ D.21.150

: [tense] fut. οἰκήσεται in pass. sense,

καθ' ὅτι ἄριστα ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται Th.8.67

, cf. Pl.La.185a, Aeschin.1.22, D.58.62, Arist.Pol.1284b38.

B intr., dwell, live, of persons, families, or tribes, have their abodes, settlements, in Hom. and Hdt. generally with

ἐν . . , ᾤκεον δ' ἐν Πλευρῶνι Il.14.116

, cf. Od.9.200,400 ;

οἴκεε ἐν Πίνδῳ Hdt.1.56

, cf. A. Ag.1234, Ar.Av.967 (Orac.), Antipho5.78 ; esp. of metics,

ἐγ Κολλυτῷ οἰκοῦντι IG12.373.60

, al. ;

κατὰ στέγας E.Ion314

;

ὑπὸ χθονός Id.Fr.450

: after Hom. with dat. (loc.) alone,

Σαλαμῖνι IG12.1.2

(vi B. C.) ;

οὐρανῷ Pi.N.10.58

;

ναοῖσι E.Ion314

;

ἐλθόνθ' ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης πέδον οἰ. Eub.10

;

παρὰ κρημνοῖσιν Pi.P.3.34

;

παρὰ ὄχθον E.IT1098

(lyr.) ; οἰ. μετά τινος, = συνοικεῖν τινι, S.OT414,990 ; κέρδη μὲν οἰκήσαντα . . having fixed my dwelling [there] with gain to my hosts, Id.OC92 ; τὸ τὴν φροντίδ' ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ sweet it is for the mind to keep free from cares, Id.OT1390 ; ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰ. (v. προστάτης) Lys.31.9.

II of cities, to be situated, Hdt.2.166, X.HG 7.1.3, 7.5 5; but τὴν πόλιν σποράδην καὶ κατὰ κώμας οἰκοῦσαν formed of detached villages, Isoc.10.35, cf. 4.39 (so in [voice] Pass., X.An.1.4.1).

2 to be governed or administered, τίς τῶν πόλεων διὰ σὲ βέλτιον ᾤκησεν ; Pl.R.599d, cf. 462d, 472e, 473a, 543a, al. : freq. hardly distinguishable from the [voice] Pass. (supr. A. II) ; σωφρόνως γε οἰκοῦσα [πόλις] εὖ ἂν οἰκοῖτο a state administered by self-control would be well governed, Id.Chrm.162a ;

ἀρετῆς, ᾗ πόλεις τε καὶ οἶκοι εὖ οἰκοῦσι X.Mem.1.2.64

; εἰς ὀλίγους, εἰς πλείους οἰκεῖν, to be governed in the interest of the few or the many, Th.2.37.