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οἴκ-ησις

oikesis · ἡ

the act of dwelling

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Where it lives

Critias 8 · 16.19/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
Minos 1 · 3.51/10k
Laws 28 · 2.71/10k
Timaeus 6 · 2.54/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Phaedo 4 · 1.83/10k
Epistles 3 · 1.77/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

οἴκ-ησις · oik-ēsis — LSJ

the act of dwelling, inhabiting, residence, right of residence

the act of dwelling or inhabiting, ἡ κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ. Th. 2.16 ; ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆν Hdt. 3.102 ; κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ. to share in residence, Arist. Pol. 1275a8 ; διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώς Sammelb. 5357.6 (v A.D.) ; right of residence, εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν Ἀθήνησι IG 1(2).110.31.

2 management, administration

management, administration, πόλεως Pl. Min. 321b.

II house, dwelling, residence, lair, nest, dwellings

house, dwelling, Hdt. 9.94, A. Supp. 1009, S. Ph. 31, Pl. Prt. 321d, Aeschin. 1.124, etc. ; ἔγκτησις γᾶς καὶ οἰκήσιος Delph. 3(1).359 (iii B. C.) ; residence of a satrap, X. HG 3.2.1 ; στρατηγικὴ οἴ. Wilcken Chr. 385.67 (iii B. C.) ; κατασκαφὴς οἴ. ἀείφρουρος, of the grave, S. Ant. 892 ; εἰς τὴν ἀΐδιον οἴ. X. Ages. 11.16 ; lair of beasts, Id. Cyn. 13.14, cf. Pl. Prt. 320e; birdʼs nest, Arist. HA 614b31 : in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th. 6.88, cf. οἰκέ

III inhabited district, inhabited portion of the globe

inhabited district, διὰ τὸ τὴν οἴ. κεῖσθαι ταύτην πρὸς ἄρκτον Arist. Mete. 363a3 ; inhabited portion of the globe, Hp. ap. Gal. Libr.Propr. 6, Gem. 5.43, al., Cleom. 1.5, Ptol. Tetr. 76, D.L. 4.58, al.

IV family, household

family, household, GDI 1582 (Dodona).

In the wild

οἴκησις · oikēsis Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 1009–1010
οἰκήσεων · oikēseōn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1161a (DIORISIS sentence 2936)
οἰκήσεωςʼ · oikēseōsʼ Aristotle, Politics 1275a (DIORISIS sentence 881)
οἰκήσεων · oikēseōn Aristotle, Politics 1330b (DIORISIS sentence 2742)
οἰκήσεσι · oikēsesi Aristotle, Politics 1331a (DIORISIS sentence 2749)
οἰκήσεις · oikēseis Aristotle, Politics 1331a (DIORISIS sentence 2756)

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