ἀποικία

apoikia

settlement far from home, colony

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 13
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Book III 1
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702c3
Book V 5
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736c6
740e7
736a2
736a6
744b2
Book VI 3
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754c5
753a2
776b1
Book XI 4
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923d2
929d2
929d3
925b5
Crito 1
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51d7
Menexenus 1
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245e5
Statesman 1
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293d5

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.

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