οἶμος

oimos

way, road, path

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter ?

718e6
Phaedo 1
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Chapter ?

108a1
Republic 1
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Book IV 1
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420b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἶμος (οἷμος S. Ichn. 168, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.27, Parth. Fr. 31, Epigr.Gr. (v. infr.), Hdn.Gr.1.546, cf. φροίμιον), ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.), A. way, road, path, Hes. Op. 290, Pi. P. 4.248 ; λευρὸν οἶ. αἰθέρος A. Pr. 396 ; ἁπλῆ οἶ. εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει Id. Fr. 239 ; ὀρθὴν παρʼ οἶ., ἣ ʼπὶ Λάρισαν φέρει E. Alc. 835 ; ἐς τὴν παραπλησίην οἶ. ἐμπίπτουσιν Hp. Decent. 4 ; τὸν αὐτὸν οἶ. πορευόμενοι Pl. R. 420b ; ἄλλην οἶ. ἐκπορεύεται Men. 681 ; λυγρήν θʼ οἷ. ἔβην Epigr.Gr. 227 (Teos). 2. stripe, οἶμοι κυάνοιο stripes or layers of cyanos, Il. 11.24. 3. strip of land, tract, country, Σκύθην ἐς οἶ. A. Pr. 2. 4. metaph., οἶμος ἀοιδῆς the course or strain of song, h.Merc. 451 ; ἐπέων οἶμον λιγύν Pi. O. 9.47, cf. P. 2.96, Call. Jov. 78.

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