On pet cats, see alphaiota 185 and kappa 1062. The headword oi)kogenh/s is most commonly used of slaves born in the household, as omicroniota 65: LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] Greek Anthology 7.205.1-2 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge. This epigram continues a story begun in Greek Anthology 7.204, q.v. mu 715, alpha 2985. From the aorist participle fagou=sa, the poet here reveals that the cat is female. See another extract from this epigram at omicron 563.