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διοικ-έω

dioikeo

keep house

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 90 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διοικ-έω · dioik-eō — LSJ

keep house, control, manage, administer, administer as deputy, to be ordered, managed, manage after oneʼs own will and pleasure, managing to make, act collusively

keep house: hence, generally, control, manage, administer, τὴν πόλιν Th. 8.21, etc.; τὰ τῆς πόλεως Ar. Ec. 305; τάς τε οἰκίας καὶ τὰς πόλεις Pl. Men. 91a; τὸν κόσμον Id. Phdr. 246c; τὸν οὐρανόν Id. Lg. 896e; τὰ ἀνθρώπινα ib. 713c; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον Isoc. 1.10; τὴν οὐσίαν D. 27.50, etc.; τὰ κοινά Id. 1.22; τὴν ἀρχήν Arist. Pol. 1313a35; τὰ μέγιστα ὁ λογισμὸς διῴκηκε Epicur. Sent. 16; δ. πάντα ἀκριβῶς, of a housekeeper, Lys. 1.7; πολέμους Din. 1.69; of a financier, δ. τὰ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέ

b exercise authority, govern

abs., exercise authority, govern, τυραννικώτερον Arist. Pol. 1313a2, cf. 1298b12.

2 provide, furnish, provide for, settle, to be nourished, supported

provide, furnish, ἀπορῶ τἆλλα ὁπόθεν διοικῶ D. 27.66, cf. Decr. ap. eund. 24.27 (Pass.); δ. τὴν ἀδελφήν provide for, settle her, D. 24.202:—Pass., to be nourished or supported, ὑπό τινος Str. 14.2.24; γάλακτι Ath. 2.46e (dub. l.).

3 rent, farm

rent, farm, νομῶν τῶν πρὸς χαλκὸν διοικουμένων PTeb. 79.8 (ii B. C.), al.

4 digest

digest food, D.L. 6.34.

5 distribute, arrange in a discourse

Rhet., Med., distribute, arrange in a discourse, D.H. Rh. 9.4.

II inhabit distinct places, live apart

inhabit distinct places, Pl. Ti. 19e:—Med., live apart, κατὰ κώμας X. HG 5.2.5 (s. v. l.; διοικ<ι>οῖντο Cobet).

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