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οἴκησις

oikesis

the act of dwelling

Appears 60 times across Plato's dialogues.

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οἴκησις, εως, ἡ, A. the act of dwelling or inhabiting, ἡ κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ. Th. 2.16 ; ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆν Hdt. 3.102 ; κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ. to share in residence, Arist. Pol. 1275a8 ; διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώς Sammelb. 5357.6 (v A.D.) ; right of residence, εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν Ἀθήνησι IG 12.110.31. 2. management, administration, πόλεως Pl. Min. 321b. II. house, dwelling, Hdt. 9.94, A. Supp. 1009, S. Ph. 31, Pl. Prt. 321d, Aeschin. 1.124, etc. ; ἔγκτησις γᾶς καὶ οἰκήσιος Delph. 3(1).359 (iii B. C.) ; residence of a satrap, X. HG 3.2.1 ; στρατηγικὴ οἴ. Wilcken Chr. 385.67 (iii B. C.) ; κατασκαφὴς οἴ. ἀείφρουρος, of the grave, S. Ant. 892 ; εἰς τὴν ἀΐδιον οἴ. X. Ages. 11.16 ; lair of beasts, Id. Cyn. 13.14, cf. Pl. Prt. 320e; birdʼs nest, Arist. HA 614b31 : in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th. 6.88, cf. οἰκέω B. II ; ἡ περὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεών τε καὶ οἰκήσεων διακόσμησις Pl. Smp. 209a, cf. Lg. 681a : but the distn. is not always observed, cf. ib.685a, etc. III. inhabited district, διὰ τὸ τὴν οἴ. κεῖσθαι ταύτην πρὸς ἄρκτον Arist. Mete. 363a3 ; inhabited portion of the globe, Hp. ap. Gal. Libr.Propr. 6, Gem. 5.43, al., Cleom. 1.5, Ptol. Tetr. 76, D.L. 4.58, al. IV. family, household, GDI 1582 (Dodona).
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