# οἰκέω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* οἰκείω (oikeíō) — Epic
* ϝοικέω (woikéō) — Locrian

### Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) +‎ -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oi̯.ké.ɔː/ → /yˈce.o/ → /iˈce.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /oi̯.ké.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /yˈke.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /yˈce.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /yˈce.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /iˈce.o/

### Verb

οἰκέω • (oikéō)
* (transitive)
** to inhabit
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 194
*** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 961
*** 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1508
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.1
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.175
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.32
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.110
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.18
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.218
*** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 221
** to colonize, settle in
*** 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 360.11
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.27
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.142
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.193
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.115
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.668
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.8
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.27
** to manage, direct, govern
*** 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 22
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1284b.38
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 150
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Theocrines 62
*** 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 386
*** 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 144
*** 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 486
*** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Nicocles 19
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 185a
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 936b
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 371c
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 520d
*** 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1535
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.37
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.67
* (intransitive)
** to dwell, reside, live
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1234
*** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 78
*** 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 967
*** 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 10
*** 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 314
*** 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1098
*** 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 450
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.56
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.116
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.200
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.400
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Philon 9
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 10.58
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.34
*** 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 92
*** 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 414
*** 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 990
*** 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1390
** (of cities) to be situated
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.166
*** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panegyricus 39
*** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Helen 35
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.1
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 7.1.3
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.5
** to be governed
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 162a
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 462d
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 472e
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 543a
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 599d
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.37
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.64

#### Synonyms

* οἰκετεύω (oiketeúō)

#### Derived terms

* ἄγροικος (ágroikos)
* ἀντοικέω (antoikéō)
* ἀποικέω (apoikéō)
* δῐοικέω (dĭoikéō)
* εἰσοικέω (eisoikéō)
* ἐμβρύοικος (embrúoikos)
* ἐνοικέω (enoikéō)
* ἐξοικέω (exoikéō)
* ἐποικέω (epoikéō)
* κᾰτοικέω (kătoikéō)
* μετοικέω (metoikéō)
* πᾰροικέω (păroikéō)
* περιοικέω (perioikéō)
* προοικέω (prooikéō)
* προσοικέω (prosoikéō)
* σῠνοικέω (sŭnoikéō)
* ὑπεροικέω (huperoikéō)
* ὑποικέω (hupoikéō)

#### Related terms

* ἀοίκητος (aoíkētos)
* οἴκημᾰ (oíkēmă)
* οἰκήσῐμος (oikḗsĭmos)
* οἴκησῐς (oíkēsĭs)
* οἰκητήρ (oikētḗr)
* οἰκητήρῐον (oikētḗrĭon)
* οἰκητήρῐος (oikētḗrĭos)
* οἰκητής (oikētḗs)
* οἰκητῐκός (oikētĭkós)
* οἰκητός (oikētós)
* οἰκήτωρ (oikḗtōr)

### Further reading

* “οἰκέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “οἰκέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “οἰκέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* οἰκέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* οἰκέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “οἰκέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3611 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible