οἰκ-ίον, τό,
in form diminutive of οἶκος, but in meaning not differing from it; in early Gr. always plural, house, palace, οἰκία ναίων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.15, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; abode of a deity, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.4, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 744 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the nether world, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of palaces containing several ranges of buildings, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35, 41, 44, 98, 3.53, 140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also of private houses, [[ [prev. author] 1.59, variant in 7.118, compare 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus Syr. 2, “SIG” 45.25, +others (Halic., 5th c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]: so in later Prose, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - FHG” 103J. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of nests of wasps, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.168, 16.261 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle's nest, [[ 12.221: _sing._ in later Prose, LXX.2Mac.8.33, and Poetry, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 198, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.203 (Laco or 1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]