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οἴκ-ησις , εως, ,
A.the act of dwelling or inhabiting, κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ.Th.2.16 ; “ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆνHdt.3.102 ; κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ. to share in residence, Arist.Pol. 1275a8 ; “διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώςSammelb.5357.6 (v A.D.) ; right of residence,εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν ἈθήνησιIG12.110.31.
2. management, administration,πόλεωςPl.Min.321b.
II. house, dwelling, Hdt.9.94, A.Supp.1009, S.Ph.31, Pl.Prt.321d, Aeschin. 1.124, etc. ; “ἔγκτησις γᾶς καὶ οἰκήσιοςDelph.3(1).359 (iii B. C.) ; residence of a satrap, X.HG3.2.1 ; 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; bird's nest, Arist.HA614b31 : in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th.6.88, cf. “οἰκέωB. 11 ; “ περὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεών τε καὶ οἰκήσεων διακόσμησιςPl.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 ἄρκτονArist.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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 124
    • Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, 1009
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.102
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.94
    • Plato, Laws, 685a
    • Plato, Laws, 681a
    • Plato, Symposium, 209a
    • Plato, Protagoras, 320e
    • Plato, Protagoras, 321d
    • Plato, Minos, 321b
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 892
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 31
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 3.2.1
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 11.16
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 13.14
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.16
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.88
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 76
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