Plato Greek Lexicon οἴκοθεν

οἴκοθεν

oikothen

from oneʼs house, from home

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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οἴκοθεν (also οἴκοθε Chor. in Rev.Phil. 1877.227), Adv. A. from oneʼs house, from home, ὃ οἴ. ἦγʼ ὁ γεραιός Il. 11.632 ; οἴ. ὥρμησαν Th. 4.90 ; οἴ. οἴκαδε from home to home, implying security and ease, Pi. O. 6.99, cf. 7.4, Lib. Ep. 149 ; οἴ. ἐκ Κλαζομενῶν Pl. Prm. 126a ; δεῦρο οἴ. Id. Hp. Ma. 282b ; εὐθὺς οἴ. ὑπάρχει παισὶν οὖσιν, i.e. from childhood, Arist. Pol. 1295b16 : freq. without any sense of motion, νόμοι οἱ οἴ., = οἱ πάτριοι, A. Supp. 390, cf. E. Ph. 294 (lyr.) ; οἱ οἴ. φίλοι Id. Med. 506 ; τὰ οἴ. domestic affairs, Id. IA 1000 ; τὸ οἴ. Pi. P. 8.51 ; στρατηγοὺς εἵλοντο ἐκ τῶν οἴ. X. HG 1.4.10 ; οἴ. τὸν πολέμιον ἔχειν at home, within, Pl. Sph. 252c ; τὸ γένος οἴ., = οἰκογενής, of a slave, GDI 2307.5 (Delph.). 2. from oneʼs household stores, πάντʼ ἐθέλω δόμεναι καὶ οἴ. ἄλλʼ ἐπιθεῖναι Il. 7.364 ; οἴ. ἄλλο Εὐμήλῳ ἐπιδοῦναι 23.558 ; εἰ καί νύ κεν οἴ. ἄλλο μεῖζον ἐπαιτήσειας ib.592 : metaph., τὸν νοῦν διδάσκαλον οἴ. ἔχουσα χρηστόν having in my own mind a wise teacher, E. Tr. 653 ; δεῖ μάντιν εἶναι, μὴ μαθοῦσαν οἴ. one must needs be externally inspired with the vision of truth, if one has not learned it by oneʼs own intellect, Id. Med. 239 ; πόθεν ἂν λάβοιμι ῥῆμα . . ; οὐ γὰρ εἶχον οἴ. I have it not of my own, Ar. Pax 522, cf. Lys. 4.7 ; θρασύ μοι τόδʼ εἰπεῖν . . ὁδὸν κυρίαν λόγων οἴ. Pi. N. 7.51 ; οἴ. μάτευε ib.3.31 : with a Subst., = οἰκεῖος, ἀρεταῖσιν οἴ., ἀνορέαις οἴ., by his own prowess, valour, Id. O. 3.44, I. 4(3).12. 3. from oneʼs own financial resources, at oneʼs own expense (cf. ϝοίκω), PEleph. 11.7 (iii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 176.17 (i A. D.), etc. ; τὰς πολιτείας οἴ. ἐνδόξως ἐκτελεῖν IG 4.672 (Nauplia), cf. 716 (Hermione) ; ἀγωνοθετεῖν Παναθηναίων οἴ. SIG 869.7 (ii A. D.) ; παρεχέτω οἴ. τὸ θερμόλυχνον ib.1109.151 (ii A. D.). 4. like ἀρχῆθεν, to begin with, originally, ψευδεῖς οἴ. δόξας ἔχοντες entertaining false notions to begin with, Aeschin. 3.59, cf. 60 ; εἰς ὑπέρχρεων οὐσίαν καὶ οἴ. into an estate already overburdened with debt, Is. 10.17.
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