οἰκεῖος

οἰκεῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον E.Heracl.634 ; [dialect] Ion. [full] οἰκήϊος, η, ον :

A in or of the house, once in Hes.,

δούρατ' ἀμάξης οἰκήϊα θέσθαι Op.457

;

λέβης A. Fr.1

;

κῆρυξ S.Tr.757

; of or for household affairs, domestic (for οἰκηΐη, v. οἰκία II),

τὰ οἰ.

household affairs, property,

Hdt.2.37

, S.Ant.661 ;

τὰ οἰ. ἀγαθά X.Oec.9.18

; τὰ οἰ. τὰ αὑτοῦ his household goods, Lys.13.41 ; opp. πολιτικά, Th.2.40 ; opp. τὰ τῆς πόλεως, Pl.Ap.23b.

2 Astrol., οἰ. ζῴδια domiciliary signs, Vett.Val.37.21, al.

II of persons, of the same household, family, or kin, related, ὥς οἱ ἐόντες οἰκήϊοι as being akin to him, Hdt.4.65 ; οἰκεῖον οὕτως οὐδὲν . . ὡς ἀνήρ τε καὶ γυνή so closely akin, Men.647 ; ἀνὴρ οἰ. kinsman, relative, near friend, Hdt.1.108 ; οἱ οἰ. kinsmen, opp. οἱ ἀλλότριοι, And.4.15, cf. Th.2.51 ; opp. ὀθνεῖοι, Pl. Prt.316c ; οἱ ἑωυτοῦ οἰκηϊότατοι his own nearest kinsmen, Hdt.3.65, cf. 5.5, D.18.288 ; of the tie itself, κατὰ τὸ οἰ. Ἀτρεῖ because of his relationship to Atreus, Th.1.9.

2 friendly,

εἴχομέν ποτε . . τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οἰ. D.4.4

;

οὓς ἂν ἡγήσαιτο -οτάτους τε καὶ ἑταιροτάτους Pl. Phd.89e

.

III of things. belonging to one's house or family, one's own (defined as

ὅταν ἐφ' αὑτῷ ᾖ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι Arist.Rh.1361a21

),

οἰ. ἄρουραι Pi.O.12.19

;

σταθμοῖς ἐν οἰκείοισι A.Pr.398

; γῆ, χθών, S.Aj. 859,Ant.1203 ; οἰκεῖον, ἢ 'ξ ἄλλου τινός ; born in the house, or . . ? Id.OT1162 ; αἱ οἰ. πόλεις their own cities, X.HG3.5.2 ; ἡ οἰ. (sc. γῆ), [dialect] Ion.

ἡ οἰκηΐη Hdt.1.64

; [ἀναθήματα] οἰκήϊα his own property, ib.92 ; πόλεμοι οἰ. wars in one's own country, of the Helot war in Laconia, Th.1.118, cf.4.64 ;

σῖτος οἰ. καὶ οὐκ ἐπακτός

homegrown,

Id.6.20

.

2 = ἴδιος, one's own, personal, private,

οἰκείων κερδέων εἵνεκα Thgn.46

;

ἐὼν ἐν κακῷ οἰκηΐῳ Hdt.1.45

, cf. 153, Antipho 1.13 ;

αἱ χεῖρες -ότεραι τοῦ σιδήρου Id.4.3.3

; μηδὲν -οτέρᾳ τῇ ἀπολαύσει with enjoyment not more our own, Th.2.38, cf. 7.70 ;

ἀλλοτρίας γῆς πέρι οἰ. κίνδυνον ἔχειν Id.3.13

; οἰ. ξύνεσις mother wit, Id.1.138 ; πρὸς οἰκείας χερός by his own hand, S.Ant.1176, etc.; for A.Ag.1220, v. βορά.

b in Stoic Philos., endeared by nature to all animals, including man,

τὸ πρῶτον οἰ.

what is earliest endeared,

Chrysipp.Stoic.3.43

, Hierocl. p.7A.

IV proper to a thing, fitting, suitable,

οὔτε . . καλὸν οὐδὲν [οὐδ'] οἰκήϊον Hdt.3.81

, cf. D.18.59.

2 c. dat. rei, belonging to, conformable to the nature of a thing,

προοίμιον οἰ. ἑκάστῳ Pl.Lg.772e

, cf. R.468d, al., and freq. in Arist., as EN1098a29 : also c. gen.,

τὰ αὐτῶν οἰ. Pl.Phd.96d

;

οἰ. τῆς διαλεκτικῆς Arist.Top.101b2

, cf. EN1096b31, Rh.1360a22 ;

οἰ. πρός τι Plb.5.105.1

.

b of persons, c. gen., a student of . . ,

σοφίας Str.17.1.5

; addicted to,

καινοτομίας Iamb.VP 30.176

.

3 proper, fit, οἰ. κατάγελως fit subject for ridicule, Men. 160 ; οἰ. ὄνομα a word in its proper, literal sense, opp. metaphor, Arist. Rh.1404b35.

B Adv. οἰκείως has the same senses as the Adj., οἰ φέρε bear it like your own affair, Ar.Th.197 ; διαλέγεσθαι οἰ. τινί converse familiarly with him, Th.6.57 ;

οἰ. χρῆσθαί τινι

to be on familiar terms,

X. HG2.3.16

;

οἰ. διακεῖσθαί τινι Id.An.7.5.16

;

πρός τι Plb.13.1.2

;

οἰ. δέχεσθαί τινας D.18.215

;

οἰ. ἔχειν τινί Id.4.4

, etc. : [comp] Comp.

-ότερον Is. 1.49

;

-οτέρως Arist.Cat.7a16

: [comp] Sup.

-ότατα Plb.5.106.4

.

II properly, naturally, Ar.Lys.1118, X.Oec.2.17 ; opp. ἀλλοτρίως, Epicur. Ep.1p.14U.

2 affectionately, dutifully,

ἔθαψε, περιέστειλεν οἰ. Men. 325.12

, cf. Th.2.60.

3 literally, actually, Gal.Phil.Hist.39 D.

4 Astrol., οἰ. σχηματίζεσθαι, of a planet, to be in its domicile, Vett.Val. 58.27, al.