οίκος

See also: οἶκος and ϝοῖκος

Greek

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οίκος • (oíkos) m (plural οίκοι)

(now formal, archaic, or in set phrases) house, home (structure built or serving as an abode of human beings)
Λευκός Οίκος ― Lefkós Oíkos ― White House

οίκος ευγηρίας ― oíkos evgirías ― nursing home

οίκος ανοχής ― oíkos anochís ― brothel, maison de tolerance
(history) house (a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one)
Οίκος των Κομνηνών ― Oíkos ton Komninón ― House of Komnenos

Οίκος των Ρομανόφ ― Oíkos ton Romanóf ― House of Romanov
house, firm (place of business)
εκδοτικός οίκος ― ekdotikós oíkos ― publishing house

οίκος μόδας ― oíkos módas ― fashion house
(Eastern Orthodoxy) strophe, stanza (of the kontakion)
(history) manor (lord's residence in feudal times)
(astrology) house (one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart)

Declension of οίκος

τα εν οίκω μη εν δήμω (ta en oíko mi en dímo, “don't air your dirty laundry in public”) (Ancient Greek set phrase)

(house, home): σπίτι n (spíti, “house, home”), κατοικία f (katoikía, “residence”), διαμονή f (diamoní, “residence, domicile”)
(house, family): δυναστεία f (dynasteía, “dynasty”)