οἰκεῖος

See also: οικείος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 March 2021

Alternative forms

οἰκήϊος (oikḗïos) — Ionic

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) +‎ -εῖος (-eîos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.kêː.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈki.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈci.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈci.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈci.os/

Adjective

οἰκεῖος • (oikeîos) m (feminine οἰκείᾱ, neuter οἰκεῖον); first/second declension

in the house, at home
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 457:
  τῶν πρόσθεν μελέτην ἐχέμεν οἰκήϊα θέσθαι
  tôn prósthen melétēn ekhémen oikḗïa thésthai
  Take care to lay these up beforehand at home.
of the house, domestic
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.37.4:
  οὔτε τι γὰρ τῶν οἰκηΐων τρίβουσι οὔτε δαπανῶνται
  oúte ti gàr tôn oikēḯōn tríbousi oúte dapanôntai
  They do not consume or spend anything of the household.
of the same household; familial, related
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.65:
  ὥς οἱ ἐόντες οἰκήϊοι
  hṓs hoi eóntes oikḗïoi
  as being related to him
friendly
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 4:
  εἴχομέν ποθ’ ἡμεῖς πάντα τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οἰκεῖον κύκλῳ
  eíkhomén poth’ hēmeîs […] pánta tòn tópon toûton oikeîon kúklōi
  we too once held all of the surrounding friendly territory
belonging to one's house or family
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 12.19:
  θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρὰ βαστάζεις, ὁμιλέων παρ’ οἰκείαις ἀρούραις
  thermà Numphân loutrà bastázeis, homiléōn par’ oikeíais aroúrais
  You exalt the hot baths of the Nymphs, while keeping company with them beside your own fields.
belonging to oneself, personal, private
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.45.2:
  Κροῖσος δὲ τούτων ἀκούσας τόν τε Ἄδρηστον κατοικτείρει, καίπερ ἐὼν ἐν κακῷ οἰκηίῳ τοσούτῳ
  Kroîsos dè toútōn akoúsas tón te Ádrēston katoikteírei, kaíper eṑn en kakôi oikēíōi tosoútōi
  On hearing this, Croesus took pity on Adrastus, though his own sorrow was so great.
proper, fitting, suitable
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 59:
  οἰκείους καὶ ἀναγκαίους τῇ γραφῇ
  oikeíous kaì anankaíous têi graphêi
  necessary and pertinent to the indictment
(with dative) belonging to
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a.29:
  ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἐφ’ ὅσον οἰκεῖον τῇ μεθόδῳ
  epì tosoûton eph’ hóson oikeîon têi methódōi
  in such a degree as belongs to the particular line of enquiry
(astrology) domiciliary
- 120 CE – 175 CE, Vettius Valens, Anthology 37.21
(Stoicism) endeared by nature
- 279 BCE – 206 BCE, Chrysippus of Soli, Collected Works 3.43
- Hierocl. 7A

Inflection

First and second declension of οἰκεῖος; οἰκείᾱ; οἰκεῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	οἰκεῖος oikeîos	οἰκείᾱ oikeíā	οἰκεῖον oikeîon	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκείᾱ oikeíā	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκεῖοι oikeîoi	οἰκεῖαι oikeîai	οἰκεῖᾰ oikeîa
Genitive	οἰκείου oikeíou	οἰκείᾱς oikeíās	οἰκείου oikeíou	οἰκείοιν oikeíoin	οἰκείαιν oikeíain	οἰκείοιν oikeíoin	οἰκείων oikeíōn	οἰκείων oikeíōn	οἰκείων oikeíōn
Dative	οἰκείῳ oikeíōi	οἰκείᾳ oikeíāi	οἰκείῳ oikeíōi	οἰκείοιν oikeíoin	οἰκείαιν oikeíain	οἰκείοιν oikeíoin	οἰκείοις oikeíois	οἰκείαις oikeíais	οἰκείοις oikeíois
Accusative	οἰκεῖον oikeîon	οἰκείᾱν oikeíān	οἰκεῖον oikeîon	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκείᾱ oikeíā	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκείους oikeíous	οἰκείᾱς oikeíās	οἰκεῖᾰ oikeîa
Vocative	οἰκεῖε oikeîe	οἰκείᾱ oikeíā	οἰκεῖον oikeîon	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκείᾱ oikeíā	οἰκείω oikeíō	οἰκεῖοι oikeîoi	οἰκεῖαι oikeîai	οἰκεῖᾰ oikeîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	οἰκείως oikeíōs			οἰκειότερος oikeióteros			οἰκειότᾰτος oikeiótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀνοίκειος (anoíkeios)
ἐνοίκειος (enoíkeios)
μισοίκειος (misoíkeios)
οἰκειακός (oikeiakós)
οἰκειοποιέω (oikeiopoiéō)
οἰκειοπραγία (oikeiopragía)
οἰκειότης (oikeiótēs)
οἰκειοτονέομαι (oikeiotonéomai)
οἰκειοτοπέω (oikeiotopéō)
οἰκειόφωνος (oikeióphōnos)
οἰκειόω (oikeióō)
προσοίκειος (prosoíkeios)
φιλοίκειος (philoíkeios)

Descendants

Greek: οικείος (oikeíos)

References

“οἰκεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“οἰκεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
οἰκεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“οἰκεῖος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G3609 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acquaintance idem, page 8.
- akin idem, page 21.
- allied idem, page 25.
- appropriate idem, page 37.
- apt idem, page 37.
- civil idem, page 133.
- closely idem, page 139.
- cognate idem, page 142.
- conformable idem, page 159.
- congruous idem, page 160.
- connected idem, page 161.
- connection idem, page 161.
- distinctive idem, page 241.
- domestic idem, page 246.
- exclusive idem, page 289.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- friend idem, page 345.
- friendly idem, page 345.
- german, germane idem, page 357.
- home idem, page 403.
- home-grown idem, page 404.
- household idem, page 408.
- independent idem, page 432.
- individual idem, page 434.
- internal idem, page 452.
- internecine idem, page 452.
- intestine idem, page 453.
- intimate idem, page 454.
- kindred idem, page 469.
- own idem, page 587.
- particular idem, page 594.
- peculiar idem, page 601.
- pertinent idem, page 609.
- private idem, page 642.
- proper idem, page 653.
- related idem, page 689.
- relation idem, page 689.
- relevant idem, page 690.
- selfish idem, page 751.
- separate idem, page 754.
- special idem, page 799.
- suitable idem, page 836.
- unattached idem, page 907.