οἰκουρός, όν,
(οὖρος B) watching or keeping the house, of a watch-dog, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 970 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cock, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.998b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἰ. ὄφις, of the sacred serpent in the Acropolis, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 759, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 72 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II keeping at home: as substantive, οἰκουρός, ἡ, mistress of the house, housekeeper, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 487, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1277 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as adjective, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 45 (_masculine_); ἡ θεὸς ἡ καλουμένη οἰ. “PLond.” 1.125v. 11 (5th c.AD) ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; used in praise of a good wife, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.431, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.3. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 contemptuously of a man, stay-at-home, opposed to one who goes forth to war, λέοντ᾽ ἄναλκιν.. οἰκουρόν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1225, compare 1626, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.82; τὸν ὑγρὸν τοῦτον καὶ οἰ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.751a; δίαιτα οἰ. καὶ ἀργή [prev. author] “Per.” 34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]