οἴκημα

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) dwelling-place, home, building
 * 2) * c. 522–443 BC, Pindar, Second Olympian Ode:
 * εὐωνύμων τε πατέρων ἄωτον ὀρθόπολιν:
 * καμόντες οἳ πολλὰ θυμῷ
 * ἱερὸν ἔσχον οἴκημα ποταμοῦ, Σικελίας τ᾽ ἔσαν / ὀφθαλμός,
 * 1990, Diane Arnson Svarlien, translation of the Odes of Pindar:
 * "grc"

- the strength of the city, the choicest bloom of illustrious ancestors, who labored much with their spirits, and won a sacred home by the river, and were the eye of Sicily;


 * 1) * c. 150, Pausanias, Description of Greece:
 * μεγέθει μὲν μέγα τὸ οἴκημα, ἐντὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ κίονες κατὰ μῆκός εἰσιν ἑστηκότες:
 * 1918, translation by W. H. S. Jones of the Description of Greece by Pausanias:
 * "grc"

- The building is large, and within are pillars standing throughout its length.


 * 1) room, chamber
 * 2) brothel
 * 3) * Herodotus, Histories, Book 2:
 * τὴν θυγατέρα τὴν ἑωυτοῦ κατίσαι ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος,
 * 1920, translation by A. D. Godley:
 * "grc"

- he put his own daughter in a brothel,


 * 1) temple, shrine
 * 2) * Herodotus, Histories, Book 8:
 * πρῶτα μὲν καὶ μέγιστα τῶν θεῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα καὶ τὰ οἰκήματα ἐμπεπρησμένα τε καὶ συγκεχωσμένα,
 * 1920, translation by A. D. Godley:
 * "grc"

- first and foremost, the burning and destruction of the adornments and temples of our gods,


 * 1) room in a temple
 * 2) prison; cell
 * 3) * Acts 12.7:
 * καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη, καὶ φῶς ἔλαμψεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι: πατάξας δὲ τὴν πλευρὰν τοῦ Πέτρου ἤγειρεν αὐτὸν λέγων, Ἀνάστα ἐν τάχει. καὶ ἐξέπεσαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν.
 * Acts 12.7 (KVJ):
 * And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
 * 1) storeroom
 * 2) workshop
 * 3) story, floor
 * 4) cage for animals
 * 5) (a horse’s) stable, stall