διοίκησις

dioikesis

housekeeping

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35

1287a6
Book VI 1
Chapter 8 1321b4–1323a10

1321b33
Book VII 1
Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23

1331b9
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1350a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

διοίκησις, εως, ἡ, prop. A. housekeeping: hence, generally, internal administration, τῆς πόλεως Pl. Prt. 319d, cf. Arist. Pol. 1287a6, Lys. 30.22, etc.; ἐγκύκλιος δ. Arist. Ath. 43.1; κοινὴ δ. Aeschin. 2.149; esp. of financial administration, δ. ἱερὰ καὶ ὁσία D. 24.96, cf. X. HG 6.1.2; department of finance in Egypt, PTeb. 7.4 (ii B. C.), al.; ὅπως . . ἡ δ. γένηται ἱκανή Decr. ap. D. 24.27; ὁ ἐπὶ τῇ δ. treasurer, IG 2.251, al., Poll. 8.113; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως IG 22.677, Decr. ap. D. 18.38 (in Egypt, = διοικητής, PRev.Laws 19.7); τὰ περιόντα χρήματα τῆς δ. D. 59.4. 2. farming, renting, [χλωρῶν] PTeb. 61 (a).206 (ii B. C.), etc. II. = Lat. conventus, assize-district, Str. 13.4.12, Cic. Fam. 13.53.2, 67.1, OGI 458.65 (Eumenia); later, group of provinces, CIL 3.352 (iv A. D.), etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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