A.the act of dwelling or inhabiting, “ἡ κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ.” Th.2.16 ; “ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆν” Hdt.3.102 ; κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ. to share in residence, Arist.Pol. 1275a8 ; “διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώς” Sammelb.5357.6 (v A.D.) ; right of residence, “εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν Ἀθήνησι” IG12.110.31.
2. management, administration, “πόλεως” Pl.Min.321b.
II. house, dwelling, Hdt.9.94, A.Supp.1009, S.Ph.31, Pl.Prt.321d, Aeschin. 1.124, etc. ; “ἔγκτησις γᾶς καὶ οἰκήσιος” Delph.3(1).359 (iii B. C.) ; residence of a satrap, X.HG3.2.1 ; στρατηγικὴ οἴ. Wilcken Chr.385.67 (iii B. C.) ; κατασκαφὴς οἴ. ἀείφρουρος, of the grave, S.Ant.892 ; “εἰς τὴν ἀΐδιον οἴ.” X.Ages.11.16 ; lair of beasts, Id.Cyn.13.14, cf. Pl.Prt.320e; bird's nest, Arist.HA614b31 : in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th.6.88, cf. “οἰκέω” B. 11 ; “ἡ περὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεών τε καὶ οἰκήσεων διακόσμησις” Pl.Smp.209a, cf. Lg.681a : but the distn. is not always observed, cf. ib.685a, etc.
III. inhabited district, “διὰ τὸ τὴν οἴ. κεῖσθαι ταύτην πρὸς ἄρκτον” Arist.Mete.363a3 ; inhabited portion of the globe, Hp. ap. Gal.Libr.Propr.6, Gem.5.43, al., Cleom.1.5, Ptol.Tetr.76, D.L.4.58, al.
IV. family, household, GDI 1582 (Dodona).