οἰκ-ίον,τό, in form Dim. of
οἶκος,but in meaning not differing from it ; in early Gr. always pl.,
A. house, palace,
οἰκία ναίων
Il. 6.15
, al. ;abodeof a deity, Od. 12.4 , Hes. Th. 744 ; of the nether world, Il. 20.64 ; ofpalacescontaining several ranges of buildings, Hdt. 1.35 , 41 , 44 , 98 , 3.53 , 140 ; but also ofprivate houses,
Id. 1.59 ,v.l. in
7.118 , cf. Pherecyd. Syr. 2 , SIG 45.25 , al. (Halic.,v B. C.) : so in later Prose, Arr. Fr. 103J. ; also ofnestsof wasps, Il. 12.168 , 16.261 ; of an eagle'snest,
12.221 : sg. in later Prose, LXX 2 Ma. 8.33 , and Poetry, Call. Fr. 198 , AP 6.203 ( Laco or Phil. ).