οἰκειόω

English (LSJ)

Ion. οἰκηϊόω,

   A make οἰκεῖος :    I make a person a kinsman, τὴν πόλιν ἐς τὴν ξυγγένειαν -οῦντες Th.3.65.    II mostly in Med.,    1 c. acc. pers., make a person one's friend, Hdt.4.148, Pl. Lg.738d ; reconcile, οἰ. ἕνα πρὸς ἕνα Phld.Rh.2.222 S., cf. Plu.Oth.2 ; οἰ. δῆμον λόγῳ D.H.9.44 : abs., make friends, Aen.Tact.24.5 :—Pass., to be made friendly, opp. πολεμοῦσθαι, Th.1.36, cf. Arist.Pol.1336b30.    b in Stoic Philos., to be endeared by nature, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.43.    2 c. acc. rei, make or claim as one's own, appropriate, τὴν Ἀσίην οἰκηϊεῦνται οἱ Πέρσαι Hdt.1.4 ; τούτων τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηϊοῦνται Αυδοί ib.94 ; Αἰγύπτιοι οἰ. Καμβυσέα claim him as their own, Id.3.2 ; ἅπαντα τὰ ἐν πόλει οἰ. Pl.R.466c ; entice bees, Id.Lg. 843e.    3 Act., adapt, make fit or suitable, τινί τι Sotad.Com. 1.17 ; τι πρός τι Plb.9.1.2 ; ὁ οἰκειῶν πρὸς ἀρετὴν λόγος Aristo Stoic.1.80, cf. Plot.4.4.44 :—Pass., to be familiarized to, ταῖς ψυχαῖς Pl.Prt.326b ; become familiar with, Id.Prm.128a ; οἱ ᾠκειωμένοι φυσιολογίᾳ Epicur.Ep.1p.4U.    4 Astrol., in Pass., to be domiciliarily related, -ούμενος τῷ ζῳδίῳ, of a planet, having the sign as its domicile, Vett.Val.264.21.