διοικ-ίζω · dioik-izō — LSJ
cause to live apart, disperse, break, up, to be scattered abroad, remove, migrate, separated from
cause to live apart, disperse, opp. συνοικίζω, δ. τὰς πόλεις break them up into villages (κῶμαι), Isoc. 5.43, cf. Arist. Pol. 1311a14; τὴν Θηβαίων πόλιν διοικιεῖν D. l.c.; δ. Μαντινεῖς ἐκ μιᾶς πόλεως εἰς πλείους Plb. 4.27.6:—Pass., διῳκίσθη ἡ Μαντίνεια τετραχῇ X. HG 5.2.7; διῳκισμένοι κατὰ κώμας D. 19.81: generally, to be scattered abroad, Pl. Smp. 193a; remove, migrate, ἐκ Κολλυτοῦ εἰς . . Lys. 32.14; διῳκισμένοι τινός separated from . . , Luc. Charid. 19: metaph. of rich and poor, διῳκίσμεθα κ