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οἰκειότης

oikeiotes · ἡ

a being οἰκεῖος

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

οἰκειότης · oikeiotēs — LSJ

a being οἰκεῖος, kindred, relationship, intimacy, friendship

a being οἰκεῖος (signf. II), kindred, relationship, Hdt. 6.54, Th. 3.86, etc. ; intimacy, friendship, φιλία καὶ οἰ. Id. 4.19, cf. Pl. Smp. 197d : pl., And. 1.118, D. 18.35, SIG 557.35 (iii B. C.).

b connexion

metaph., connexion of things, Pl. R. 537c, M.Ant. 4.4, etc.

2 living together as man and wife, domesticity, marriage

living together as man and wife, domesticity, marriage, τῆς Ἑλένης Isoc. 10.42, cf. Lys. 1.6 ; εἰς οἰκειότητα καὶ παιδοποιίαν ὁρᾷ Chor. in Hermes 17.215.

II proper sense

of words and phrases, proper sense, opp. μεταφορά, Plu. Cic. 40, in pl.

III conformity to nature, environment

conformity to nature or environment, Epicur. Sent. 40, Frr. 197,217.

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Where it came from

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