ἀποικία

apoikia

settlement far from home, colony

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
Open Politics ›
Book I 2
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252b17
1252b21
Book II 1
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1271b29
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38

1290b14
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319a36

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποικία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἄποικος) A. settlement far from home, colony, Pi. O. 1.24, S. Fr. 373.6, Hdt. 1.146, IG 1.31, etc.; correlative to μητρόπολις, Th. 1.34; εἰς ἀ. στέλλειν, ἄγειν, send, lead to form a settlement, Hdt. 4.147, 5.124; ἀ. κτίσαι A. Pr. 814; ἀ. ἐκπέμπειν Th. 1.12; ἀ. κηρύσσειν ἐς τόπον ib. 27; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Lg. 702c; στέλλειν(of the οἰκιστής) Str. 8.6.22; ἀποστέλλειν (of the μητρόπολις) Aeschin. 2.176; ἡ κώμη ἀ. οἰκίας is an offshoot from . ., Arist. Pol. 1252b17. 2. migration, Ph. 2.410. II. charter granted to a colony, Hyp. Fr. 73.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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