Οἰκόσιτος

eating at home, living hand-to-mouth

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Jun 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words
[Meaning] one who works for hire and supports himself.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οἰκόσιτος· ὁ ἑαυτὸν τρέφων μισθωτός.

Betacode
*oi)ko/sitos: o( e(auto\n tre/fwn misqwto/s.

Notes

  1. Similarly already in Hesychius (omicron265).
    The headword literally refers to one who dines at his own house, neither going to dinner with others nor inviting guests, because he must work in order to eat. LSJ entry at web address 1 below.

External resources

Neighbouring entries

οι75Οἰκοπορεῖαhousehold-itemsοι76Οἰκοποιόςhome-makingοι77Οἰκόσιτοςeating at home, living hand-to-mouthοι78Οἰκοσκοπικόνinterpreting omens in the houseοι79Οἰκότριψhome-engaged
Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Aug 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. modified headword, translation, note; added keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

“eating at home, living hand-to-mouth.” Suda On Line. Tr. Jennifer Benedict. 22 June 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicroniota/77>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicroniota/77>.

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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