The corpus record

οἰκεύς

oikeus · ὁ

inmate of oneʼs house

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Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

οἰκεύς · oikeus — LSJ

inmate of oneʼs house, menial, servant, serf

= οἰκέτης, inmate of oneʼs house, μὴ . . φίλους οἰκῆας ἐγείρῃ Il. 5.413, cf. 6.366, Od. 17.533 ; but elsewh., as in 4.245, 14.4, al., = menial, servant, cf. Sol. ap. Lys. 10.19, S. OT 756, Theoc. 25.33 ; serf, Leg.Gort. 2.8, al. (ϝοικ-).

In the wild

οἰκῆας · oikēas Iliad 5.413
οἰκῆας · oikēas Iliad 6.366
οἰκήων · oikēōn Odyssey 14.4
οἰκῆϊ · oikēi Odyssey 14.61
οἰκήων · oikēōn Odyssey 16.303
οἰκῆες · oikēes Odyssey 17.533

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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