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.OT1491, etc. ;

κατ' οἶκον Id.El.929

, etc. ;

κατ' οἶκον ἐν δόμοις Id.Tr.689

; οἱ κατ' οἶκον ib.934 ;

αἱ κατ' 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.) ; ἐπ' οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, Th.1.87, cf. 30, 108,2.31, etc. ; ἀπ' οἴκου from home, Id.1.99, etc. ; cf. οἰκία.

b freq. omitted after εἰς or ἐν, v. εἰς 1.4c,

ἐν A.1.2

.

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, IG42(1).110A27, 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.);

ἀπ' οἴκων S.Aj.762

; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, Id.Ph.311,383 ; κατ' οἴκους at home, within, Hdt.3.79, S.Aj.65, Mnesim.4.52.

3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall,

οἶ. Κηρύκων IG22.1672.24

; Δεκελειῶν ib. 1237.33 ; of treasuries at Delos, JHS25.310, al., cf. Hsch. s.v. θησαυρός ; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ., v. ἐγκριτήριος ; temple, IG 4.1580 ([place name] Aegina), Hdt.8.143, E.Ph.1373, Ar.Nu.600 ;

οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός SIG987.3

, cf. 25 (Chios, iv B.C.) ;

ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος UPZ79.4

(ii B.C.) ;

ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] Ev.Matt.21.13

, al. ; of a funerary monument, BCH2.610 ([place name] Cibyra), 18.11 ([place name] 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.NA12.7, Vett.Val.7.25, Man.2.141, Eust.162.2.

II one's 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 κ' ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην Od.7.314

, cf. Hdt.3.53, 7.224, etc.: in [dialect] 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 IG42(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.)