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οἰκεῖος

oikeios

in, of the house, of

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1. οἰκεῖος · oikeios — LSJ

in, of the house, of, for household affairs, domestic, household affairs, property, household goods

in or of the house, once in Hes., δούρατʼ 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 domiciliary

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

II of the same household, family, kin, related, akin, closely akin, kins, relative, near friend, kinsmen, nearest kinsmen, relationship

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

friendly, εἴχομέν ποτε . . τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οἰ. D. 4.4 ; οὓς ἂν ἡγήσαιτο -οτάτους τε καὶ ἑταιροτάτους Pl. Phd. 89e.

III belonging to oneʼs house, family, oneʼs own, born in the house, their own, his own property, in oneʼs own country, homegrown

of things. belonging to oneʼs house or family, oneʼs own (defined as ὅταν ἐφʼ 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 ʼξ ἄλλου τινός ; born in the house, or . . ? Id. OT 1162 ; αἱ οἰ. πόλεις their own cities, X. HG 3.5.2 ; ἡ οἰ. (sc. γῆ), Ion. ἡ οἰκηΐη Hdt. 1.64 ; [ἀναθήματα] οἰκήϊα his own property, ib. 92 ; πόλεμοι οἰ. wars in oneʼs own country, of the Helot war in Laconia, Th. 1.118, c

2 oneʼs own, personal, private, more our own, mother, his own

= ἴδιος, oneʼs 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 endeared by nature, what is earliest endeared

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, fitting, suitable

proper to a thing, fitting, suitable, οὔτε . . καλὸν οὐδὲν [οὐδʼ] οἰκήϊον Hdt. 3.81, cf. D. 18.59.

2 belonging to, conformable to the nature of

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 EN 1098a29 : also c. gen., τὰ αὐτῶν οἰ. Pl. Phd. 96d ; οἰ. τῆς διαλεκτικῆς Arist. Top. 101b2, cf. EN 1096b31, Rh. 1360a22 ; οἰ. πρός τι Plb. 5.105.1.

b a student of, addicted to

of persons, c. gen., a student of . . , σοφίας Str. 17.1.5 ; addicted to, καινοτομίας Iamb. VP 30.176.

3 proper, fit, fit, in its proper, literal sense

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 like your own affair, familiarly, to be on familiar terms

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. HG 2.3.16 ; 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. -ότερον Is. 1.49 ; -οτέρως Arist. Cat. 7a16 : Sup. -ότατα Plb. 5.106.4.

II properly, naturally

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

2 affectionately, dutifully

affectionately, dutifully, ἔθαψε, περιέστειλεν οἰ. Men. 325.12, cf. Th. 2.60.

3 literally, actually

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

4 to be in its domicile

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

2. οἰκ-ήϊος · oik-ēios — LSJ

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