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οἰκοδομέω

oikodomeo

build a house

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰκοδομέω, fut. -ήσω : aor. ᾠκοδόμησα (not οἰκ- in Att.) : pf. ᾠκοδόμηκα Pl. Grg. 514b : but later Att. pf. Pass. οἰκοδομημένοι IG 22.1627.398 :—A. build a house : generally, build, νεὼν καὶ βωμόν ib.12.24.13 ; νηόν Hdt. 1.21 ; οἰκίας ib.114 ; γέφυραν ib.186 ; πυραμίδας Id. 2.101, cf. Telecl. 42 ; [αἱ μέλιτται] οἰ. τὰ κηρία Arist. HA 623b27 : abs., Pl. Chrm. 161e, 165d :—also in Med., οἰκοδομέεσθαι οἴκημα build oneself a house, have it built, Hdt. 2.121.αʹ, cf. 148 ; νεωσοίκους And. 3.7 ; τείχη Th. 7.11 ; οἰκίας Pl. R. 372a, etc. : —Pass., to be built, Hdt. 2.126, 127 ; τὰ -ούμενα Arist. GA 730b8. b. generally, fashion, καταπέτασμα LXX 3 Ki. 6.36. 2. metaph., build or found upon, ἔργα ἐπί τι X. Cyr. 8.7.15 ; οἰ. τέχνην ἔπεσιν Ar. Pax 749. 3. metaph., build up, edify, IEp.Cor. 8.1, 10.23, etc. ; οἰ. εἰς τὸν ἕνα IEp.Thess. 5.11 : but also in bad sense, οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ ἐσθίειν will be emboldened, IEp.Cor. 8.10 ; cf. ἀνοικοδομέω.
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