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οἴκησις

οἴκησις, οἴκησις, ἡ, dwelling (noun)

οἴκ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
  • the act of dwelling or inhabiting, ἡ κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ. Th. 2.16; ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆν Hdt. 3.102; κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ. to share in residence, Arist. Pol. 1275a8; διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώς Sammelb. 5357.6 (v A.D.); right of residence, εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν Ἀθήνησι IG 1(2).110.31.
      • 2 management, administration, πόλεως Pl. Min. 321b.
    • II house, dwelling, Hdt. 9.94, A. Supp. 1009, S. Ph. 31, Pl. Prt. 321d, Aeschin. 1.124, etc.; ἔγκτησις γᾶς καὶ οἰκήσιος Delph. 3(1).359 (iii B. C.); residence of a satrap, X. HG 3.2.1; 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; birdʼs nest, Arist. HA 614b31: in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th. 6.88, cf. οἰκέω B. II; ἡ περὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεών τε καὶ οἰκήσεων διακόσμησις Pl. 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 ἄρκτον Arist. 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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