Plato Greek Lexicon οἰκειόω

οἰκειόω

oikeioo

make

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰκειόω, Ion. οἰκηϊόω, A. make οἰκεῖος : I. make a person a kinsman, τὴν πόλιν ἐς τὴν ξυγγένειαν -οῦντες Th. 3.65. II. mostly in Med., 1. c. acc. pers., make a person oneʼs friend, Hdt. 4.148, Pl. Lg. 738d ; reconcile, οἰ. ἕνα πρὸς ἕνα Phld. Rh. 2.222 S., cf. Plu. Oth. 2 ; οἰ. δῆμον λόγῳ D.H. 9.44 : abs., make friends, Aen.Tact. 24.5 :—Pass., to be made friendly, opp. πολεμοῦσθαι, Th. 1.36, cf. Arist. Pol. 1336b30. b. in Stoic Philos., to be endeared by nature, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.43. 2. c. acc. rei, make or claim as oneʼs own, appropriate, τὴν Ἀσίην οἰκηϊεῦνται οἱ Πέρσαι Hdt. 1.4 ; τούτων τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηϊοῦνται Λυδοί ib.94 ; Αἰγύπτιοι οἰ. Καμβυσέα claim him as their own, Id. 3.2 ; ἅπαντα τὰ ἐν πόλει οἰ. Pl. R. 466c ; entice bees, Id. Lg. 843e. 3. Act., adapt, make fit or suitable, τινί τι Sotad.Com. 1.17 ; τι πρός τι Plb. 9.1.2 ; ὁ οἰκειῶν πρὸς ἀρετὴν λόγος Aristo Stoic. 1.80, cf. Plot. 4.4.44 :—Pass., to be familiarized to, ταῖς ψυχαῖς Pl. Prt. 326b ; become familiar with, Id. Prm. 128a ; οἱ ᾠκειωμένοι φυσιολογίᾳ Epicur. Ep. 1p.4U. 4. Astrol., in Pass., to be domiciliarily related, -ούμενος τῷ ζῳδίῳ, of a planet, having the sign as its domicile, Vett.Val. 264.21.
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