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οἰᾱκ-ίζω

oiakizo

steer, govern, guide, manage, guide

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What it meant

οἰᾱκ-ίζω · oiak-izō — LSJ

steer, govern, guide, manage, guide

steer: hence, govern, guide, manage, τελαμῶσι σκυτίνοις οἰηκίζοντες [τὰς ἀσπίδας] Hdt. 1.171 ; [ἵππους] οἰ. guide them (when swimming), Plb. 3.43.4, etc. :—Pass., of horses, ἀπὸ ῥαβδίου -ίζεσθαι Str. 17.3.7 ; of the seasons, Gal. 9.914.

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metaph., τὰ πάντα οἰ. Κεραυνός Heraclit. 64 ; τοὺς νέους -οντες ἡδονῇ καὶ λύπῃ Arist. EN 1172a21 :—Pass., ὁ κοινὸς βίος ὥσπερ ὑπὸ θεῶν τινος -όμενος D.S. 18.59.

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