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οἰκειόω

οἰκειόω, to make one’s own

οἰκει-όω, Ion. οἰκηϊόω,
  • make οἰκεῖος:
    • I make a person a kinsman, τὴν πόλιν ἐς τὴν ξυγγένειαν -οῦντες Th. 3.65.
    • II mostly in Med.,
      • 1 c. acc. pers., make a person oneʼs friend, Hdt. 4.148, Pl. Lg. 738d; reconcile, οἰ. ἕνα πρὸς ἕνα Phld. Rh. 2.222 S., cf. Plu. Oth. 2; οἰ. δῆμον λόγῳ D.H. 9.44: abs., make friends, Aen.Tact. 24.5:—Pass., to be made friendly, opp. πολεμοῦσθαι, Th. 1.36, cf. Arist. Pol. 1336b30.
        • b in Stoic Philos., to be endeared by nature, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.43.
      • 2 c. acc. rei, make or claim as oneʼs own, appropriate, τὴν Ἀσίην οἰκηϊεῦνται οἱ Πέρσαι Hdt. 1.4; τούτων τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηϊοῦνται Λυδοί ib. 94; Αἰγύπτιοι οἰ. Καμβυσέα claim him as their own, Id. 3.2; ἅπαντα τὰ ἐν πόλει οἰ. Pl. R. 466c; entice bees, Id. Lg. 843e.
      • 3 Act., adapt, make fit or suitable, τινί τι Sotad.Com. 1.17; τι πρός τι Plb. 9.1.2; ὁ οἰκειῶν πρὸς ἀρετὴν λόγος Aristo Stoic. 1.80, cf. Plot. 4.4.44:—Pass., to be familiarized to, ταῖς ψυχαῖς Pl. Prt. 326b; become familiar with, Id. Prm. 128a; οἱ ᾠκειωμένοι φυσιολογίᾳ Epicur. Ep. 1 p.4 U.
      • 4 Astrol., in Pass., to be domiciliarily related, -ούμενος τῷ ζῳδίῳ, of a planet, having the sign as its domicile, Vett.Val. 264.21.

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