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πάροικος

paroikos

dwelling beside

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πάροικος · paroikos — LSJ

dwelling beside, near, neighbouring, neighbour

dwelling beside or near, neighbouring, c. gen., Κάδμου πάροικοι . . δόμων S. Ant. 1155 ; [πόλεις]π.Ρῃκίων ἐπαύλων A. Pers. 869 (lyr.) : c. dat., ποταμῷ παροίκους Ἅλυϊ Diog.Trag. 1.7, cf. Th. 3.113 : abs., ἡ π. πηλαμύς S. Fr. 503 ; neighbour, οὐκ ἀσίνης π. Sapph. 80; Ἀττικὸς π., prov. of a restless neighbour, Arist. Rh. 1395a18, Duris 96J.

2 with neighbours

π. πόλεμος war with neighbours, Hdt. 7.235.

II foreign, alien, sojourner, alien, stranger, colonus

foreign, alien, LXX Ge. 15.13, al. ; σπέρμα π. ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ Act.Ap. 7.6 : as Subst., sojourner in anotherʼs house, D.L. 1.82 : generally, alien, stranger, LXX Le. 22.10 : in later Greek, = μέτοικος, SIG 398.37 (Cos, iii B. C.), IG 7.2712.64 (Acraeph.), OGI 1338.12,20, al.(Pergam., ii B. C.), etc.; = colonus, Cod.Just. 1.34.1 (pl.).

In the wild

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Where it came from

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