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οἰκείῳ (oikeio)

οἰκείῳ is an Ancient Greek form of οἰκέω, meaning “to dwell, inhabit; manage”. It is the 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

It can also be a form of οἰκειόω, “make one's own, win over”.

It can also be a form of οἰκείωσις, “appropriation; profits”.

Found 50 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.20.4: … ὲ καὶ ἀπὸ βαρβάρων τινῶν ἀπαρχὴ ἐσφέρεται· ᾧ δὲ μάλιστα ἡμῶν προύχουσιν, ἵππους τε πολλοὺς κέκτηνται καὶ σίτῳ οἰκείῳ καὶ οὐκ ἐπακτῷ χρῶνται.

Zonaras, Epitome historiarum (Vol. 1) 2.12·3: … είᾳ τὴν ζωὴν ἀνύσας καὶ εἰς γῆρας καταντήσας βαθὺ τέθνηκε, βασιλεύσας ἐνιαυτοὺς ἐφ’ ἐνὶ τεσσαράκοντα, Ἰωσαφὰτ οἰκείω υἱῷ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν καταλιπών.

All forms of οἰκέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.