οἰκεῖος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, also ος, ον E.Heracl.634 ; Ion. οἰκήϊος, η, ον :

   A in or of the house, once in Hes., δούρατ' 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 one's house or family, one's own (defined as ὅταν ἐφ' 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 'ξ ἄλλου τινός ; born in the house, or . . ? Id.OT1162 ; αἱ οἰ. πόλεις their own cities, X.HG3.5.2 ; ἡ οἰ. (sc. γῆ), Ion. ἡ οἰκηΐη Hdt.1.64 ; [ἀναθήματα] οἰκήϊα his own property, ib.92 ; πόλεμοι οἰ. wars in one's 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, one's 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.7A.    IV proper to a thing, fitting, suitable, οὔτε . . καλὸν οὐδὲν [οὐδ'] 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 EN1098a29 : also c. gen., τὰ αὐτῶν οἰ. Pl.Phd.96d ; οἰ. τῆς διαλεκτικῆς Arist.Top.101b2, cf. EN1096b31, 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. HG2.3.16 ; 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.1p.14U.    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.