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οἰκίον

οἰκίον, house, palace (always plural)

οἰκ-ίον, τό, in form Dim. of οἶκος, but in meaning not differing from it; in early Gr. always pl.,
  • house, palace, οἰκία ναίων Il. 6.15, al.; abode of a deity, Od. 12.4, Hes. Th. 744; of the nether world, Il. 20.64; of palaces containing several ranges of buildings, Hdt. 1.35, 41, 44, 98, 3.53, 140; but also of private houses, Id. 1.59, v.l. in 7.118, cf. Pherecyd. Syr. 2, SIG 45.25, al. (Halic., v B. C.): so in later Prose, Arr. Fr. 103J.; also of nests of wasps, Il. 12.168, 16.261; of an eagleʼs nest, 12.221: sg. in later Prose, LXX 2 Ma. 8.33, and Poetry, Call. Fr. 198, AP 6.203 (Laco or Phil.).

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