the act of dwelling
οἴκ-ησις,εως,ἡ,
A. the act of dwellingorinhabiting,
ἡ κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτόνομος οἴ.
Th. 2.16
; ποιέεσθαι οἴ. ὑπὸ γῆν
Hdt. 3.102
;κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰ.to share inresidence,
Arist. Pol. 1275a8 ; διάθεσιν . . πρὸς οἴκησιν δεδωκώς
Sammelb. 5357.6
(v A.D.);right of residence,
εἶναι αὐτοῖς . . οἴκησιν Ἀθήνησι
IG 12.110.31
.
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.);residenceof 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 ἀί̈διον οἴ.
X. Ages. 11.16
;lairof beasts, Id. Cyn. 13.14 , cf. Pl. Prt. 320e ; bird'snest,
Arist. HA 614b31 : in pl., of the scattereddwellingsof 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 (Dodona).
