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οἰκεῖος

οἰκεῖος, οἰκεῖος α ον, related, domestic, family (adjective); οἰκεῖος, ὁ, relative (noun) (13b)

οἰκεῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Heracl. 634; Ion. οἰκήϊος, η, ον:
  • in or of the house, once in Hes., δούρατʼ ἀμάξης οἰκήϊα θέσθαι Op. 457; λέβης A. Fr. 1; κῆρυξ S. Tr. 757; of or for household affairs, domestic (for οἰκηΐη, v. οἰκία II), τὰ οἰ. household affairs, property, Hdt. 2.37, S. Ant. 661; τὰ οἰ. ἀγαθά X. Oec. 9.18; τὰ οἰ. τὰ αὑτοῦ his household goods, Lys. 13.41; opp. πολιτικά, Th. 2.40; opp. τὰ τῆς πόλεως, Pl. Ap. 23b.
      • 2 Astrol., οἰ. ζῴδια domiciliary signs, Vett.Val. 37.21, al.
    • II of persons, of the same household, family, or kin, related, ὥς οἱ ἐόντες οἰκήϊοι as being akin to him, Hdt. 4.65; οἰκεῖον οὕτως οὐδὲν . . ὡς ἀνήρ τε καὶ γυνή so closely akin, Men. 647; ἀνὴρ οἰ. kinsman, relative, near friend, Hdt. 1.108; οἱ οἰ. kinsmen, opp. οἱ ἀλλότριοι, And. 4.15, cf. Th. 2.51; opp. ὀθνεῖοι, Pl. Prt. 316c; οἱ ἑωυτοῦ οἰκηϊότατοι his own nearest kinsmen, Hdt. 3.65, cf. 5.5, D. 18.288; of the tie itself, κατὰ τὸ οἰ. Ἀτρεῖ because of his relationship to Atreus, Th. 1.9.
      • 2 friendly, εἴχομέν ποτε . . τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οἰ. D. 4.4; οὓς ἂν ἡγήσαιτο -οτάτους τε καὶ ἑταιροτάτους Pl. Phd. 89e.
    • III of things. belonging to oneʼs house or family, oneʼs own (defined as ὅταν ἐφʼ αὑτῷ ᾖ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι Arist. Rh. 1361a21), οἰ. ἄρουραι Pi. O. 12.19; σταθμοῖς ἐν οἰκείοισι A. Pr. 398; γῆ, χθών, S. Aj. 859, Ant. 1203; οἰκεῖον, ἢ ʼξ ἄλλου τινός; born in the house, or . . ? Id. OT 1162; αἱ οἰ. πόλεις their own cities, X. HG 3.5.2; ἡ οἰ. (sc. γῆ), Ion. ἡ οἰκηΐη Hdt. 1.64; [ἀναθήματα] οἰκήϊα his own property, ib. 92; πόλεμοι οἰ. wars in oneʼs own country, of the Helot war in Laconia, Th. 1.118, cf. 4.64; σῖτος οἰ. καὶ οὐκ ἐπακτός homegrown, Id. 6.20.
      • 2 = ἴδιος, oneʼs own, personal, private, οἰκείων κερδέων εἵνεκα Thgn. 46; ἐὼν ἐν κακῷ οἰκηΐῳ Hdt. 1.45, cf. 153, Antipho 1.13; αἱ χεῖρες -ότεραι τοῦ σιδήρου Id. 4.3.3; μηδὲν -οτέρᾳ τῇ ἀπολαύσει with enjoyment not more our own, Th. 2.38, cf. 7.70; ἀλλοτρίας γῆς πέρι οἰ. κίνδυνον ἔχειν Id. 3.13; οἰ. ξύνεσις mother wit, Id. 1.138; πρὸς οἰκείας χερός by his own hand, S. Ant. 1176, etc.; for A. Ag. 1220, v. βορά.
        • b in Stoic Philos., endeared by nature to all animals, including man, τὸ πρῶτον οἰ. what is earliest endeared, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.43, Hierocl. p.7 A.
    • IV proper to a thing, fitting, suitable, οὔτε . . καλὸν οὐδὲν [οὐδʼ] οἰκήϊον Hdt. 3.81, cf. D. 18.59.
      • 2 c. dat. rei, belonging to, conformable to the nature of a thing, προοίμιον οἰ. ἑκάστῳ Pl. Lg. 772e, cf. R. 468d, al., and freq. in Arist., as EN 1098a29: also c. gen., τὰ αὐτῶν οἰ. Pl. Phd. 96d; οἰ. τῆς διαλεκτικῆς Arist. Top. 101b2, cf. EN 1096b31, Rh. 1360a22; οἰ. πρός τι Plb. 5.105.1.
        • b of persons, c. gen., a student of . ., σοφίας Str. 17.1.5; addicted to, καινοτομίας Iamb. VP 30.176.
      • 3 proper, fit, οἰ. κατάγελως fit subject for ridicule, Men. 160; οἰ. ὄνομα a word in its proper, literal sense, opp. metaphor, Arist. Rh. 1404b35.
  • B Adv. οἰκείως has the same senses as the Adj., οἰ φέρε bear it like your own affair, Ar. Th. 197; διαλέγεσθαι οἰ. τινί converse familiarly with him, Th. 6.57; οἰ. χρῆσθαί τινι to be on familiar terms, X. HG 2.3.16; οἰ. διακεῖσθαί τινι Id. An. 7.5.16; πρός τι Plb. 13.1.2; οἰ. δέχεσθαί τινας D. 18.215; οἰ. ἔχειν τινί Id. 4.4, etc.: Comp. -ότερον Is. 1.49; -οτέρως Arist. Cat. 7a16: Sup. -ότατα Plb. 5.106.4.
    • II properly, naturally, Ar. Lys. 1118, X. Oec. 2.17; opp. ἀλλοτρίως, Epicur. Ep. 1 p.14 U.
      • 2 affectionately, dutifully, ἔθαψε, περιέστειλεν οἰ. Men. 325.12, cf. Th. 2.60.
      • 3 literally, actually, Gal. Phil.Hist. 39 D.
      • 4 Astrol., οἰ. σχηματίζεσθαι, of a planet, to be in its domicile, Vett.Val. 58.27, al.

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