Plato › Greek Lexicon › διοίκησις

διοίκησις

dioikesis

housekeeping

Appears 13 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)

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.
‹ All lexicon entries