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οἰκούρ-ημα

oikourema · τό

the watch, keeping of a house, watch kept

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What it meant

οἰκούρ-ημα · oikour-ēma — LSJ

the watch, keeping of a house, watch kept

the watch or keeping of a house, E. Hipp. 787 ; οἰ. τῶνδε τῶν ξένων watch kept by these strangers (for οἱ οἰκουροῦντες ξένοι), S. Ph. 868.

II keeping the house, staying at home

keeping the house, staying at home, E. Heracl. 700.

2 the stay-at-homes

in concrete sense, of persons, -ήματα φθείρειν corrupt the stay-at-homes, i.e. the women, Id. Or. 928.

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