διοίκησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διοικέω (dioikéō) + -σῐς (-sis), from δια- (dia-) + οἶκος (oîkos, house).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐοίκησῐς (dioíkēsis) f (genitive δῐοικήσεως); third declension

  1. housekeeping, control, government, administration
  2. one of the lesser Roman provinces
    1. (as an Ecclesiastical division) a bishop's jurisdiction, diocese

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