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οἰκόσιτος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: oikositos

Principal Part: οἰκόσιτος οἰκόσιτον

Structure: οἰκοσιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. taking one's meals at home, living at one's own expense, unpaid

Examples

  • τοῖς πλείστοις οὖν ἔδοξεν παιδεία μὲν καὶ πόνου πολλοῦ καὶ χρόνου μακροῦ καὶ δαπάνης οὐ μικρᾶς καὶ τύχης δεῖσθαι λαμπρᾶς, τὰ δ ἡμέτερα μικρά τε εἶναι καὶ ταχεῖάν τινα τὴν ἐπικουρίαν ἀπαιτεῖν εἰ δέ τινα τέχνην τῶν βαναύσων τούτων ἐκμάθοιμι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐθὺς ἂν αὐτὸς ἔχειν τὰ ἀρκοῦντα παρὰ τῆς τέχνης καὶ μηκέτ οἰκόσιτος εἶναι τηλικοῦτος ὤν, οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν δὲ καὶ τὸν πατέρα εὐφρανεῖν ἀποφέρων ἀεὶ τὸ γιγνόμενον. (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 1:2)
  • ὅτι μὲν οὐκ οἰκόσιτος ἦν χθές, οἶσθα: (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 7:7)
  • , Τῷ δὲ παράσιτος ὅμοιά ἐστιν ὀνόματα ἐπίσιτος, περὶ οὗ προείρηται, καὶ οἰκόσιτος σιτόκουρός τε καὶ αὐτόσιτος, ἔτι δὲ κακόσιτος καὶ ὀλιγόσιτος. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 52 1:4)
  • μνημονεύει δὲ τοῦ μὲν οἰκοσίτου Ἀναξανδρίδης ἐν Κυνηγέταις: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 52 1:5)
  • υἱὸς γὰρ οἰκόσιτος ἡδὺ γίνεται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 52 2:1)
  • καλεῖται δ οἰκόσιτος ὁ μὴ μισθοῦ, ἀλλὰ προῖκα τῇ πόλει ὑπηρετῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 52 2:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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