Οἶκος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #20
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 485.4 | Billerbeck: Ο20
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 50
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian (Herodianus))
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: From τὸ εἴκω (the verb/noun meaning 'to dwell'), in which we dwell (i.e. οἶκος derived from εἴκω).; Morphological Composition: It may be the same (word) meaning 'dwelling, lodging' akin to τὸ οἶον (i.e. comparison/derivation with οἶον).; Morphological Composition: By pleonasm/addition of the consonant κ, as in the example ὄρος → ὅρκος (showing formation by consonantal augmentation).; Morphological Composition: Derivatives such as ὁ οἰκήτωρ, οἰκεῖος (and οἰκεύς) are formed from οἶκος, analogous to ἀστὸς → ἀστεῖος.; Morphological Composition: From οἶκος come οἰκία and οἰκιατής by the pleonasm/addition of the vowel α (from οἰκίτης).
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Οἶκος, Ἡρωδιανὸς μὲν παρὰ τὸ εἴκω, ἐν ᾧ εἴκομεν. δύναται δὲ εἶναι τὸ ἴδιον ἐνδιαίτημα παρὰ τὸ οἶον τὸ μόνον ἐῶ μονούμενος, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « κ », ὡς ὅρος ὅρκος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ οἰκεῖος, ὡς ἀστός ἀστεῖος, καὶ οἰκεύς παρὰ τὸ οἶκος, οἰκία καὶ οἰκιάτης κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « α » ἀπὸ τοῦ οἰκίτης.

Oikos: Herodian derives it from eikō, ‘to yield’, ‘that in which we yield (or give way)’. But it can also be the proper dwelling-place, derived from oion, ‘alone’, ‘I let (it) be only, being solitary’, with addition of k by pleonasm, as in oros → horkos. The inhabitant is oikeios (‘one of the household’), as astos → asteios, and also oikeus. From oikos come oikia (‘house’) and oikiatēs, with pleonastic addition of a, from oikitēs.

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.75

char LCS 29 (13.1%) · word LCS 6 (12.0%)

Stephanos

…παρὰ τὸ εἴκω, ἐν ᾧ εἴκομεν. δύναται δὲ εἶναι τὸ ἴδιον ἐνδιαίτημα παρὰ τὸ οἶον τὸ μόνον ἐῶ μονούμενος, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « κ », ὡς ὅρος ὅρκος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ οἰκεῖος, ὡς ἀστός ἀστεῖος, καὶ οἰκεύς παρὰ τὸ οἶκος, οἰκία καὶ οἰκιάτης κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « α » ἀπὸ τοῦ οἰκίτης.

Herodian

…, Βαιάτης, Ἐλεάτης, Τεγεάτης, Μαλεάτης. Ἀνδροτίων πέμπτῳ. Γυθεάτης, Σερρεάτης, Φενεάτης, Πανεάτης, Κορσεάτης, Ὑδρεάτης, Ὀρνεάτης, Ζελειάτης, Κορωνειάτης, Καυλωνειάτης, Ἐρευάτης πόλις Λυκίας καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως. Σπαρτιάτης κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ 'α' ἀπὸ τοῦ Σπαρτίτης ὡς Κροτωνιάτης, Φαριάτης, Φασιάτης, Νωνακριάτης, οἰκιάτης. Ἰάτης, Σκιάτης, Ἐρινιάτης κώμη Μεγαρίδος. Παυσανίας αʹ (c. 44, 5) καὶ ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐρινιάτης διὰ τὸ προκατειληφός. Βρενθιάτης ποταμὸς Ἀρκαδίας. Αὐταριάτη…