- οἴκησις
- οἴκ-ησις, εως, ἡ,A 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 IG12.110.31
.2 management, administration,πόλεως Pl.Min.321b
.II 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.HG3.2.1 ; 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; bird's nest, Arist.HA614b31 : in pl., of the scattered dwellings of people not yet collected in cities, Th.6.88, cf.οἰκέω B. 11
;ἡ περὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεών τε καὶ οἰκήσεων διακόσμησις Pl.Smp.209a
, cf. Lg.681a : but the distn. is not always observed, cf. ib.685a, etc.III 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, GDI 1582 ([place name] Dodona).
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