οἴκ-ημα, ατος, τό,
I
1. dwelling-place, ἱερὸν ἔσχον οἴ. ποταμοῦ Pi. O. 2.9: in pl., building, house, Hdt. 1.17, 9.13, Paus. 10.5.2, etc.
2. room, chamber, Hdt. 1.164, 179, 2.121. ά, 148, Th. 1.134, 3.68, Lys. 19.31, Pl. Thg. 130d, Prt. 315d, etc.; esp. bed-chamber, Hdt. 1.9, 10, Pl. Smp. 217d; dining-room, Heraclid. Cum. 2 (pl.).
II special senses,
1 brothel, τὴν θυγατέρα κατίσαι ἐπ’ οἰκήματος Hdt. 2.121. έ, 126; στῆσαί τινα ἐπ’ οἰ. Din. 1.23; ἐπ οἰ. καθῆσθαι Pl. Chrm. 163b, cf. Aeschin. 1.94, Isoc. 6.19; cf. τέγος.
2. = cross οἰκίσκος, cage for animals, Hdt. 7.119.
3. horse’s stable or stall, PCair.Zen. 529.5 (iii B. C.).
4. temple, shrine, Hdt. 8.144. room in a temple, IG 12.4.2,14.
5. prison, Th. 4.47, Lys. Fr. 75.4, D. 32.29, [Act 12:7].
6. storeroom, D. 42.6,19(pl.).
7. workshop, Pl. Prt. 321d.
8. story, floor, X. Cyr. 6.1.52 (dub. l.).
9. metaph., αἰσθητικὸν οἴ., of man, Secund. Sent. 7.
G3612 — οἴκημα
ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation; euphemistically a prison (R. V. cell), [Act 12:7], as in Thucydides 4, 47f; Demosthenes, Lucian, Tox. 29; Plutarch, Agis 19; Aelian v. h. 6, 1.
οἴκημα , - τος , τό
( < οἰκέω ),
[in LXX : [Eze 16:24] (H1354), Tob 2:4 , Wis 13:15 * ;]
a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms ( e.g . brothel. Hdt ., ii, 121; cf. Ez, l.c .), a prison (Thus., iv, 47 f .); [Act 12:7]. †