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ἀποικία

ἀποικία, a settlement far from home, a colony settlement

ἀποικ-ία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἄποικος)
  • settlement far from home, colony, Pi. O. 1.24, S. Fr. 373.6, Hdt. 1.146, IG 1.31, etc.; correlative to μητρόπολις, Th. 1.34; εἰς ἀ. στέλλειν, ἄγειν, send, lead to form a settlement, Hdt. 4.147, 5.124; ἀ. κτίσαι A. Pr. 814; ἀ. ἐκπέμπειν Th. 1.12; ἀ. κηρύσσειν ἐς τόπον ib. 27; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Lg. 702c; στέλλειν(of the οἰκιστής) Str. 8.6.22; ἀποστέλλειν (of the μητρόπολις) Aeschin. 2.176; ἡ κώμη ἀ. οἰκίας is an offshoot from . ., Arist. Pol. 1252b17.
      • 2 migration, Ph. 2.410.
    • II charter granted to a colony, Hyp. Fr. 73.

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