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οἰκέω

οἰκέω, οἰκέω, inhabit, settle; manage (a house or a government); dwell, live

οἰκέω, Ep. οἰκείω Hes. Th. 330, Locr. ϝοικέω IG 9(1).334.29; Aeol. pres. part. οἴκεις Alc. 69; Arg. 3 sg. pres. opt. οἰκείη BCH 33.452: impf. ᾤκεον Il. 20.218, al., Att. ᾤκουν, Ion. οἴκεον Hdt. 1.57: fut. οἰκήσω E. IA 1508 (lyr.): aor. ᾤκησα Hdt. 1.1: pf. ᾤκηκα S. El. 1101:— Pass. and Med., fut. οἰκήσομαι in med. sense, Men.Rh. p.363 S.; but in pass., v. A. II: aor. ᾠκήθην Il. 2.668, etc.; ᾠκησάμην Aristid. 1.103 J.: pf. ᾤκημαι as Med. and Pass., Ion. 3 pl. οἰκέαται, v. A.I.2, 3: (οἶκος):
  • A trans., inhabit, ὑπωρείας ᾤκεον πολυπίδακος Ἴδης Il. 20.218 (elsewh. in Hom. always intr., v. infr. B); οἰ. τοῦτον τὸν χῶρον Hdt. 1.1, cf. 175, etc.; οἰ. δόμους A. Supp. 961; ἄντρον Id. Eu. 194: metaph., οἰ. αἰῶνα καὶ μοῖραν have, enjoy, E. l.c.:—Pass., to be inhabited, οἰκέοιτο πόλις Πριάμοιο Il. 4.18; ἐς γῆν . . οἰκουμένην S. Ph. 221; διὰ τῆς οἰκεομένης through the inhabited country, Hdt. 2.32; ὁδοιπόρεον ἐς τὴν οἰκεομένην Id. 4.110; τὰς ἄλλας πόλιας οἰκεομένας μηδὲν ἧσσον although inhabited no less than before, Id. 1.170: for ἡ οἰκουμένη, v. sub voce.
      • 2 colonize, settle in, τὰς πλείστας τῶν νήσων Th. 1.8, cf. 2.27, etc.; πόλιν prob. in E. Fr. 360.11; νῆσον οἰκῆσαι, i.e. to be deported, POxy. 1101.24 (iv A. D.): in pf. Pass., to be settled in, occupy, τοῖσι τὰς νήσους οἰκημένοισι Ἴωσι Hdt. 1.27; αἱ δύο [πόλιες] νήσους οἰκέαται ib. 142 (cf. infr. 3).
      • 3 in Pass., to be settled, of men or tribes to whom new abodes are assigned, τριχθὰ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν Il. 2.668: Ion. pf. Pass. οἴκημαι, as pres., οἱ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ οἰκημένοι Ἕλληνες those who have been settled, i.e. those who dwell . ., Hdt. 1.27; οἱ ἐντὸς Ἅλυος ποταμοῦ οἰ. ib. 28, cf. 8.115; also of cities, to be situated, lie, παρʼ ὃν [ποταμὸν] Νίνος πόλις οἴκητο Id. 1.193.
    • II manage, direct a household or a state, S. OC 1535 (dub. sens.), E. El. 386, Th. 3.37; οἴκει τὴν πόλιν ὁμοίως ὥσπερ τὸν πατρῷον οἶκον Isoc. 2.19: metaph., μὴ τὸν ἐμὸν οἴκει νοῦν donʼt manage . ., E. Fr. 144:— Pass., εὖ οἰκούμεναι πόλεις well governed, Id. Hipp. 486; μετρίως, ὀρθῶς, ἄριστα οἰ., Pl. Lg. 936b, R. 371c, 520d, etc.; πατρίδος τετυχηκὼς ἣ νόμοις . . μάλιστα οἰκεῖσθαι δοκεῖ D. 21.150: fut. οἰκήσεται in pass. sense, καθʼ ὅτι ἄριστα ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται Th. 8.67, cf. Pl. La. 185a, Aeschin. 1.22, D. 58.62, Arist. Pol. 1284b38.
  • B intr., dwell, live, of persons, families, or tribes, have their abodes, settlements, in Hom. and Hdt. generally with ἐν . ., ᾤκεον δʼ ἐν Πλευρῶνι Il. 14.116, cf. Od. 9.200, 400; οἴκεε ἐν Πίνδῳ Hdt. 1.56, cf. A. Ag. 1234, Ar. Av. 967 (Orac.), Antipho 5.78; esp. of metics, ἐγ Κολλυτῷ οἰκοῦντι IG 1(2).373.60, al.; κατὰ στέγας E. Ion 314; ὑπὸ χθονός Id. Fr. 450: after Hom. with dat. (loc.) alone, Σαλαμῖνι IG 1(2).1.2 (vi B. C.); οὐρανῷ Pi. N. 10.58; ναοῖσι E. Ion 314; ἐλθόνθʼ ἁγνὸν ἐς Θήβης πέδον οἰ. Eub. 10; παρὰ κρημνοῖσιν Pi. P. 3.34; παρὰ ὄχθον E. IT 1098 (lyr.); οἰ. μετά τινος, = συνοικεῖν τινι, S. OT 414, 990; κέρδη μὲν οἰκήσαντα . . having fixed my dwelling [there] with gain to my hosts, Id. OC 92; τὸ τὴν φροντίδʼ ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ sweet it is for the mind to keep free from cares, Id. OT 1390; ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰ. (v. προστάτης) Lys. 31.9.
    • II of cities, to be situated, Hdt. 2.166, X. HG 7.1.3, 7.5.5; but τὴν πόλιν σποράδην καὶ κατὰ κώμας οἰκοῦσαν formed of detached villages, Isoc. 10.35, cf. 4.39 (so in Pass., X. An. 1.4.1).
      • 2 to be governed or administered, τίς τῶν πόλεων διὰ σὲ βέλτιον ᾤκησεν; Pl. R. 599d, cf. 462d, 472e, 473a, 543a, al.: freq. hardly distinguishable from the Pass. (supr. A. II); σωφρόνως γε οἰκοῦσα [πόλις] εὖ ἂν οἰκοῖτο a state administered by self-control would be well governed, Id. Chrm. 162a; ἀρετῆς, ᾗ πόλεις τε καὶ οἶκοι εὖ οἰκοῦσι X. Mem. 1.2.64; εἰς ὀλίγους, εἰς πλείους οἰκεῖν, to be governed in the interest of the few or the many, Th. 2.37.

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