οἰκίον: Difference between revisions

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