Dictionary entry

G03609

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

οἰκεῖος

Alt. οἰκεῖος, η, ον

I. "in or of the house, domestic", Hes., etc.; τὰ οἰκεῖα "household affairs, property", Lat. res familiaris, Hdt., Thuc., etc.

II. of persons, "of the same family or kin, related", Lat. cognatus, Hdt., attic; οἱ ἑωυτοῦ οἰκηιότατοι his own "nearest kinsmen", Hdt.; κατὰ τὸ οἰκεῖον Ἀτρεῖ because of his "relationship" to Atreus, Thuc.

2. "friendly", Dem.

III. of things, "belonging to one's house or family, one's own", Aesch., etc.; ἡ οἰκεία (sc. γῆ), ionic ἡ οἰκηίη, Hdt.; τὰ οἰκήια "one's own property", id=Hdt.; οἰκεῖοι πόλεμοι wars "in one's own country", Thuc.; of corn, "home-grown", id=Thuc.

2. "personal, private", opp. to δημόσιος, κοινός, Theogn., Hdt., attic; μηδὲν οἰκειοτέρᾳ τῇ ἀπολαύσει with enjoyment not "more our own", Thuc.; οἰκεία ξύνεσις "mother" wit, id=Thuc.

IV. "proper to" a thing, "fitting, suitable, becoming", Hdt., Dem.

2. c. dat. rei, "belonging to, conformable to the nature of" a thing, Plat.

3. οἰκ. ὄνομα a word "in its proper, literal sense", Arist.

B. the adv. οἰκείως has the same senses as the adj., "familiarly", Thuc., Xen.

II. "affectionately, dutifully", id=Xen.