συνοικ-έω (sunoikeo)

Where it lives

Against Onetor 1 17 · 72.4/10k
Against Neaera 22 · 24.17/10k
Against Onetor 2 2 · 21.05/10k
Against Boeotus 2 5 · 12.88/10k
Aegineticus 3 · 10.33/10k
Fragments 3 · 7.53/10k
Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
Against Stephanus 2 1 · 5.43/10k
Against Aphobus 3 2 · 5.16/10k
Against Aphobus 1 2 · 4.41/10k
Against Eubulides 2 · 4.36/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

συνοικ-έω · synoik-eō — LSJ

dwell, live together, live with, live together, form a community

dwell or live together, Hom. Epigr. 15.15, Pl. R. 577a, etc.; ξ. τινί live with, A. Ch. 909, Ar. Av. 414 (lyr.), Th. 6.63, etc.; ξ. τῇδʼ ὁμοῦ S. Tr. 545; σ. μετά τινων Plu. Rom. 9; of peoples, live together, form a community, συνοικήσων τούτοισι Hdt. 4.148: abs., S. OT 57, Th. 2.68.

2 live with in wedlock, live in wedlock, marriage

live with in wedlock, of the man, Hdt. 1.91, 196, E. Med. 242, Ar. Pax 708, Pl. Criti. 113d, PEnteux. 91.2 (iii B.C.), etc.; of the woman, ἔοισα (fort. νέοισι) γεραιτέρα Sapph. 75, cf. Hdt. 1.37, 108, E. Andr. 18, etc.: abs., live in wedlock, Hdt. 1.93, 4.168, 1 Ep.Pet. 3.7, etc.; τούτων συνοικησάντων γίνεται Κλεισθένης from their marriage sprang Cleisthenes, Hdt. 6.131.

3 he dwells, being, versed

metaph. of feelings, circumstances, etc., μυρίον ἄχθος ᾧ ξυνοικεῖ with which he dwells, S. Ph. 1168 (lyr.); σ. φόβῳ E. Heracl. 996; ἡδοναῖς, ἀμαθίᾳ, Pl. R. 587c, Alc. 1 118b; φόβοις Phld. Ir. p.56 W.; βαρυτάτη συνοικῆσαι (sc. ἄνομος μοναρχία) Pl. Plt. 302e; also ἱππικοῖς ἐν ἤθεσιν πολὺς ξ. being much versed in their ways, E. Hipp. 1220 codd. (sed leg. ἱππικοῖσιν ἤθεσιν).

b cling closely

reversely, with the thing as subject, γῆρας ἵνα πρόπαντα κακὰ κακῶν ξυνοικεῖ S. OC 1238 (lyr.); ᾗ ἂν συνοικίᾳ μήτε πλοῦτος συνοικῇ μήτε πενία Pl. Lg. 679b; ὅπου σ. ἐρημία Lyc. 957; of the poisoned robe of Heracles, cling closely, S. Tr. 1055.

c share the same domicile

Astrol., share the same domicile, ὅταν ἡ Παφίη Ἑρμῇ στείχουσα συνοικῇ Man. 5.165.

II people, colonize jointly with, to be thickly peopled

c. acc. loci, people or colonize jointly with, σ. Κυρηναίοισι Λιβύην Hdt. 4.159; Τροιζηνίοις Ἀχαιοὶ συνῴκησαν Σύβαριν Arist. Pol. 1303a29:—Pass., of a place, to be thickly peopled, X. Oec. 4.8, Pl. Criti. 117e, Str. 6.2.4, Plu. Num. 15, etc.

In the wild

ξυνοικήσεις · xynoikēseis Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 909
ξυνοικεῖν · xynoikein Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 361)
ξυνοικῶν · xynoikōn Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 512)
ξυνοικῶ · xynoikō Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 370)
συνοικεῖν · synoikein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..39 (DIORISIS sentence 455)
συνοικησάντων · synoikēsantōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..41 (DIORISIS sentence 473)

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Where it came from

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