Plato › Greek Lexicon › διοικέω

διοικέω

dioikeo

keep house

Appears 44 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

διοικέω, impf. διῴκουν Th. 8.21, etc.: fut. -ήσω Pl. Men. 73b: aor. διῴκησα Isoc. 1.35, etc.: pf. διῴκηκα Pl. Ti. 19e, D. 24.202:—Med., fut. -ήσομαι Id. 8.13 (also in pass. sense, Hdn. 8.7.6): aor. διῳκησάμην D. 18.247: pf. (in med. sense) διῴκημαι (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. διῳκήθην Luc. Nec. 19: pf. διῴκημαι Arist. Ath. 25.2, dub. l. in Antiph. 191.18, D. 22.74: plpf. διῴκητο (προ-) Id. 23.14; but with both augm. and redupl., pf. δεδιῴκημαι Antiph. 155, Macho ap.Ath. 8.341c, Phld. Rh. 2.266S.:—Α. keep house: hence, generally, control, manage, administer, τὴν πόλιν Th. 8.21, etc.; τὰ τῆς πόλεως Ar. Ec. 305; τάς τε οἰκίας καὶ τὰς πόλεις Pl. Men. 91a; τὸν κόσμον Id. Phdr. 246c; τὸν οὐρανόν Id. Lg. 896e; τὰ ἀνθρώπινα ib.713c; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον Isoc. 1.10; τὴν οὐσίαν D. 27.50, etc.; τὰ κοινά Id. 1.22; τὴν ἀρχήν Arist. Pol. 1313a35; τὰ μέγιστα ὁ λογισμὸς διῴκηκε Epicur. Sent. 16; δ. πάντα ἀκριβῶς, of a housekeeper, Lys. 1.7; πολέμους Din. 1.69; of a financier, δ. τὰ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, D. 27.60, 45.33; πεντεκαίδεκα τάλαντα, ἃ Καλλισθένης διῴκησεν Id. 20.33; administer as deputy, τὴν λογιστείαν Stud.Pal. 8.1010.1 (iii/iv A. D.):—Pass., to be ordered, managed, etc., τύχῃ δ. Hp. VM 1, Aeschin. 1.4; ἅπας ὁ βίος φύσει καὶ νόμοις δ. D. 25.15:—Med., manage after oneʼs own will and pleasure, τὰ πράγματα διοικήσασθαι Id. 4.12: pf. Pass. (in med. sense), ἵνʼ ἃ βουλόμεθα ὦμεν διῳκημένοι Id. 18.178; διοικούμενος οὕτως ἀδίκους πλεονεξίας managing to make such iniquitous profits, Id. 44.38, cf. 40; διοικεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους act collusively with . . , Id. 58.20, cf. 19. b. abs., exercise authority, govern, τυραννικώτερον Arist. Pol. 1313a2, cf. 1298b12. 2. provide, furnish, ἀπορῶ τἆλλα ὁπόθεν διοικῶ D. 27.66, cf. Decr. ap. eund.24.27 (Pass.); δ. τὴν ἀδελφήν provide for, settle her, D. 24.202:—Pass., to be nourished or supported, ὑπό τινος Str. 14.2.24; γάλακτι Ath. 2.46e (dub. l.). 3. rent, farm, νομῶν τῶν πρὸς χαλκὸν διοικουμένων PTeb. 79.8 (ii B. C.), al. 4. digest food, D.L. 6.34. 5. Rhet., Med., distribute, arrange in a discourse, D.H. Rh. 9.4. II. inhabit distinct places, Pl. Ti. 19e:—Med., live apart, κατὰ κώμας X. HG 5.2.5 (s. v. l.; διοικ<ι>οῖντο Cobet).
‹ All lexicon entries