οἰκ-ουρός, -οὔ, ὁ, ἡ, (οἶκος, and οὖρος a keeper; see θυρωρός and κηπουρός) ; a. prop. the (watch or) keeper of a house (Soph., Eur., Arstph., Paus., Plut., al.). b. trop. keeping at home and taking care of household affairs, domestic: Tit. ii. 5 R G; cf. Fritzsche, De conformatione N. T. critica ete. p. 29; [W. 100 sq. (95)]; (Aesehyl. Ag. 1626; Eur. Hec. 1277; σώφρονας, oikoupods καὶ φιλάνδρους, Philo de exsecr. § 4).

* οἰκ-ουρός, -ον

(< οἶκος + οὖρος, a keeper);

watching or keeping the house; as subst., ἡ οἰ., a housekeeper (Soph., Eur.; v. LS, s.v.).

keeping at home: Tit 2:5, Rec. (v. Field, Notes, 220 ff.; CGT, in l., and cf. οἰκουργός).†

οἴκουρός. See s.v. οἰκουργός. οἰκτείρω (Attic οἰκτίρω). For the form οἰκτίρω in the Attic inscrr. see Meisterhans Gr. p- 179. The adverb οἰκτρῶς occurs in the interesting school exercise, P Fay 19% (ii/A.D.), purporting to be the copy of a letter addressed by the Emperor Hadrian to Antoninus regarding his approaching death which, he declares, was neither untimely nor unreasonable nor lamentable nor unexpected—ol]iite dw[pel οὔτ]ε ἀλόγως οὔτε οἰκτρῶς οὔτε ἀπίροσ]δοκήτω[ς. For the adj. see Αἴαζόε 59— σ]ῆς δ᾽ ἀρετῆς kal σωφροσύνης μνημεῖον ἅπασιν λείπΊεις οἰ[κτ]ρὰ παθὼν μοίρας ὕπ[ο] δαίμονος ἐχθροῦ. » , ny , οἰκτιρμοὸς 444 οΚκνεῶω οἰκτιρμός. οἰνοφλυγία. Preisigke 3923 (graffito) Μέρκη οἰκτειρμῶν. (There is This NT ἅπ. eip. = ‘‘ wine-bibbing” (1 Pet 43) is found no need for Preisigke’s proposed emendation—Mepéy oikτείρων (?).) οἶμαι, οἴομαι. For this verb construed with the acc. and inf., as in Jn 2155, cf. P Eleph 13° (B.C. 223-2) οὐκ οἶμαι [8°] αὐτὸν ἔχειν ἐξ ὧν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἀνήγγελλεν, P Petr 111. 51° (Ptol.) τὸ ἀργύριον ὃ diovro ἀπολωλέναι ἐν τῶι μαρσιππίωι, ‘the money which they thought had been lost in the purse” (Edd.), and P Oxy XIV. 1666? (iii/A.D.) οἴομαι τὸν ἀδελφὸν Σαραπάμμωνα μεταδεδωκέναι ὑμεῖν δι ἣν αἰτίαν κατῆλθον εἰς ᾿Αλεξάνδρειαν, “I think that my brother Sarapammon has told you the reason why I went down to Alexandria’’ (Edd.). It is construed with the inf. alone, as in Phil 17, in P Eleph 12? (8.0, 223-2) καθάπερ ὥιου Setv, P Flor III. 332° (ii/A.D.) οἰόμενος δύνασθαι τυχεῖν ἀδίκως πραγμάτων, and P Oxy VI. 8984 (Α.1». 123) οἰομένη ἐκ τούτου δύνασθαι ἐκφυγεῖν ἃ διέπραξεν, ‘thinking by this means to escape the consequences of her misdeeds” (Edd.). In these passages the underlying idea of the verb seems to be ‘‘ purpose,” as frequently in later Greek: see Kennedy 267 ad Phil Zc., and cf. Schmid Aftic. i. p. 128, Schweighauser Lex. Polyd. s.v. Οἴομαι occurs in connexion with dreams in P Leid C4 (B.c, 163-2) (=I. p. 118) οἴετο ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ καταβαίνου, and P Par 50! (B.c. 160) olero ἄνθρωπον λέγειν pou φέρε τὸ δέρμα τοῦ ποδός σου καὶ ἐγὼ δώσω cor τὸ δέρμα τοῦ ποδός μου, also 20.}7 ᾧμην οἰκίαν καθαίρεσθαι, καλλύνοντος αὐτήν. The root is Ἐόξις-ιο-- : cf. Lat. omen, old Lat. osmen (*ouds—men) (Boisacq, p. 692). οἰνοπότης. : This compound subst. (Mt 1129, Lk 74) is found in the dream of Nectonabus, P Leid Uiv-2! (ii/B.c.) (=I. p. 125), as edited by Wilcken 2761. Nicole p. 584, καὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ φύσι ὄντι οἰνοπότη ῥαθυμῆσαι πρὶν ἢ ἅψασθαι τοῦ ἔργου, ‘and it seemed good to him (i.e. Petesius), since by nature he was a wine-drinker, to take a holiday before he began work.” Other compounds are οἰνολογία (Osty 7113-Ptol.), οἰνοποιέω (P Rev L*xvi.1_p.c. 258), οἰνοπώλης (P Fay 638-A.D. 240), and οἰνοφόρος (P Lond 4027? (= II. p. 12)—B.c. 152 or 141].

οἰκουρός (oikouros) — busy at home. οἰκουρός, όν, (οὖρος B) watching or keeping the house, of a watch-dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cock, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἰ. ὄφις, of the sacred serpent in the Acropolis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. keeping at home: as substantive, οἰκουρός, ἡ, mistress of the house, housekeeper, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as adjective, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; used in praise of a good wife, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. contemptuously of a man, stay-at-home, opposed to one who goes forth to war, λέοντ᾽ ἄναλκιν.. οἰκουρόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]