# οἶκος
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ϝοῖκος (woîkos)
* ͷοῖκυ — Pamphylian

### Etymology

From ϝοῖκος (woîkos), from Proto-Hellenic *wóikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“to enter, settle; settlement, homestead, village”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀒 (wo-ko /⁠wojkos⁠/, “home”), Latin vīcus (whence English wick (“village”)), Proto-Slavic *vьsь (“village”), Sanskrit विश् (víś) and वेश (veśá), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village”), and Albanian vis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ôi̯.kos/ → /ˈy.kos/ → /ˈi.kos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ôi̯.kos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈy.kos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈy.kos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈy.kos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈi.kos/

### Noun

οἶκος • (oîkos) m (genitive οἴκου); second declension
* dwelling place, settlement, house
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.471:γέρων δ’ ἰθὺς κίεν οἴκουgérōn d’ ithùs kíen oíkoubut the old man went straight toward the house
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.7:ἦλθ’ Ὀδυσεὺς καὶ οἶκον ἱκάνεταιêlth’ Oduseùs kaì oîkon hikánetaiOdysseus is here, and has come home
* room, chamber
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.356:ἀλλ’ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ’ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζεall’ eis oîkon ioûsa tà s’ autês érga kómizeBut go to thy chamber, and busy thyself with thine own tasks
* meeting tent, meeting house, hall, monument
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.143
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1373
** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 600
** 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 21:13
** 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 1.51
* birdcage
** 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 13.82
** 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 12.7
** 120 CE – 175 CE, Vettius Valens, Anthology 7.25
** 300 CE – 500 CE, Book of Sothis 2.141
** 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 162.2
* estate, inheritance
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.64:οὐδ’ ἔτι καλῶς οἶκος ἐμὸς διόλωλεoud’ éti kalôs oîkos emòs diólōleand past all that is seemly has my estate been destroyed
* reigning family
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.31.4:σὺ ἐς οἶκον τὸν βασιλέος ἐξηγητὴς γίνεαι πρηγμάτων ἀγαθῶνsù es oîkon tòn basiléos exēgētḕs gíneai prēgmátōn agathônThis plan which you set forth is profitable for the king's house

#### Synonyms

* Synonyms: τέμενος (témenos), δόμος (dómos)

#### Derived terms

* κάτοικος (kátoikos)
* Μενοικεύς (Menoikeús)
* μύλοικος (múloikos)
* οἰκοβᾰσῐλικόν (oikobăsĭlikón)
* οἰκόβῐος (oikóbĭos)
* οἰκογενής (oikogenḗs)
* οἰκοδέγμων (oikodégmōn)
* οἰκοδέκτωρ (oikodéktōr)
* οἰκοδεσπόζω (oikodespózō)
* οἰκοδέσποινᾰ (oikodéspoină)
* οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespótēs)
* οἰκοδῐ́αιτος (oikodĭ́aitos)
* οἰκοδομέω (oikodoméō)
* οἰκοδοχεύς (oikodokheús)
* οἰκόθετος (oikóthetos)
* οἰκόθρεπτος (oikóthreptos)
* οἰκοκερδής (oikokerdḗs)
* οἰκοκρᾰτέομαι (oikokrătéomai)
* οἰκομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (oikomăkhĭ́ā)
* οἰκονομέω (oikonoméō)
* οἰκοποιός (oikopoiós)
* οἰκόσῑτος (oikósītos)
* οἰκοσκευή (oikoskeuḗ)
* οἰκοσκοπικόν (oikoskopikón)
* οἰκοσόος (oikosóos)
* οἰκοτρᾰφής (oikotrăphḗs)
* οἴκοτριψ (oíkotrips)
* οἰκότροφος (oikótrophos)
* οἰκοτῠ́ραννος (oikotŭ́rannos)
* οἰκουργός (oikourgós)
* οἰκουρός (oikourós)
* οἰκόφθορος (oikóphthoros)
* οἰκοφόρος (oikophóros)
* οἰκοφῠ́λαξ (oikophŭ́lax)
* οἰκῶνᾰξ (oikônăx)
* οἰκωφελής (oikōphelḗs)
* πᾰ́ροικος (pắroikos)

#### Related terms

* οἴκᾰδε (oíkăde)
* οἰκᾰ́ρῐον (oikắrĭon)
* οἴκει (oíkei)
* οἰκεῖος (oikeîos)
* οἰκέτης (oikétēs)
* οἰκεύς (oikeús)
* οἰκέω (oikéō)
* οἰκῐ́ᾱ (oikĭ́ā)
* οἰκῐ́δῐος (oikĭ́dĭos)
* οἰκῐ́ζω (oikĭ́zō)
* οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on)
* οἴκισῐς (oíkisĭs)
* οἰκῐ́σκος (oikĭ́skos)
* οἴκοθεν (oíkothen)
* οἴκοι (oíkoi)
* οἶκόνδε (oîkónde)
* οἴκοσε (oíkose)

#### Descendants

* Greek: οίκος (oíkos)

### Further reading

* “οἶκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “οἶκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “οἶκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* οἶκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* οἶκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “οἶκος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3624 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* οἶκος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. abode idem, page 2.apartment idem, page 33.cabinet idem, page 108.chamber idem, page 123.domicile idem, page 247.dwelling idem, page 257.establishment idem, page 283.estate idem, page 283.family idem, page 305.govern idem, page 367.habitation idem, page 380.home idem, page 403.house idem, page 408.household idem, page 408.residence idem, page 701.room idem, page 721.saloon idem, page 732.
* BDAG
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN