διοικέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δια- (dia-) + οἰκέω (oikéō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.oi̯.ké.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.yˈke.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.yˈce.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.yˈce.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.iˈce.o/
Verb
δῐοικέω • (dĭoikéō)
- to manage, control, govern, administer
- to provide, furnish
- to inhabit (distinct places)
- (middle voice) to live apart
Inflection
Present: δῐοικέω, δῐοικέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐοικέω | δῐοικέεις | δῐοικέει | δῐοικέετον | δῐοικέετον | δῐοικέομεν | δῐοικέετε | δῐοικέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικέω | δῐοικέῃς | δῐοικέῃ | δῐοικέητον | δῐοικέητον | δῐοικέωμεν | δῐοικέητε | δῐοικέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐοικέοιμῐ | δῐοικέοις | δῐοικέοι | δῐοικέοιτον | δῐοικεοίτην | δῐοικέοιμεν | δῐοικέοιτε | δῐοικέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐοίκεε | δῐοικεέτω | δῐοικέετον | δῐοικεέτων | δῐοικέετε | δῐοικεόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐοικέομαι | δῐοικέῃ / δῐοικέει | δῐοικέεται | δῐοικέεσθον | δῐοικέεσθον | δῐοικεόμεθᾰ | δῐοικέεσθε | δῐοικέονται | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικέωμαι | δῐοικέῃ | δῐοικέηται | δῐοικέησθον | δῐοικέησθον | δῐοικεώμεθᾰ | δῐοικέησθε | δῐοικέωνται | |||||
| optative | δῐοικεοίμην | δῐοικέοιο | δῐοικέοιτο | δῐοικέοισθον | δῐοικεοίσθην | δῐοικεοίμεθᾰ | δῐοικέοισθε | δῐοικέοιντο | |||||
| imperative | δῐοικέου | δῐοικεέσθω | δῐοικέεσθον | δῐοικεέσθων | δῐοικέεσθε | δῐοικεέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐοικέειν | δῐοικέεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐοικέων | δῐοικεόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐοικέουσᾰ | δῐοικεομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐοικέον | δῐοικεόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: δῐοικῶ, δῐοικοῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐοικῶ | δῐοικεῖς | δῐοικεῖ | δῐοικεῖτον | δῐοικεῖτον | δῐοικοῦμεν | δῐοικεῖτε | δῐοικοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικῶ | δῐοικῇς | δῐοικῇ | δῐοικῆτον | δῐοικῆτον | δῐοικῶμεν | δῐοικῆτε | δῐοικῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐοικοίην / δῐοικοῖμῐ | δῐοικοίης / δῐοικοῖς | δῐοικοίη / δῐοικοῖ | δῐοικοῖτον / δῐοικοίητον | δῐοικοίτην / δῐοικοιήτην | δῐοικοῖμεν / δῐοικοίημεν | δῐοικοῖτε / δῐοικοίητε | δῐοικοῖεν / δῐοικοίησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | δῐοίκει | δῐοικείτω | δῐοικεῖτον | δῐοικείτων | δῐοικεῖτε | δῐοικούντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐοικοῦμαι | δῐοικεῖ, δῐοικῇ |
δῐοικεῖται | δῐοικεῖσθον | δῐοικεῖσθον | δῐοικούμεθᾰ | δῐοικεῖσθε | δῐοικοῦνται | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικῶμαι | δῐοικῇ | δῐοικῆται | δῐοικῆσθον | δῐοικῆσθον | δῐοικώμεθᾰ | δῐοικῆσθε | δῐοικῶνται | |||||
| optative | δῐοικοίμην | δῐοικοῖο | δῐοικοῖτο | δῐοικοῖσθον | δῐοικοίσθην | δῐοικοίμεθᾰ | δῐοικοῖσθε | δῐοικοῖντο | |||||
| imperative | δῐοικοῦ | δῐοικείσθω | δῐοικεῖσθον | δῐοικείσθων | δῐοικεῖσθε | δῐοικείσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐοικεῖν | δῐοικεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐοικῶν | δῐοικούμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐοικοῦσᾰ | δῐοικουμένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐοικοῦν | δῐοικούμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: δῐῴκεον, δῐῳκεόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐῴκεον | δῐῴκεες | δῐῴκεε(ν) | δῐῳκέετον | δῐῳκεέτην | δῐῳκέομεν | δῐῳκέετε | δῐῴκεον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐῳκεόμην | δῐῳκέου | δῐῳκέετο | δῐῳκέεσθον | δῐῳκεέσθην | δῐῳκεόμεθᾰ | δῐῳκέεσθε | δῐῳκέοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: δῐῴκουν, δῐῳκούμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐῴκουν | δῐῴκεις | δῐῴκει | δῐῳκεῖτον | δῐῳκείτην | δῐῳκοῦμεν | δῐῳκεῖτε | δῐῴκουν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐῳκούμην | δῐῳκοῦ | δῐῳκεῖτο | δῐῳκεῖσθον | δῐῳκείσθην | δῐῳκούμεθᾰ | δῐῳκεῖσθε | δῐῳκοῦντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: δῐοικήσω, δῐοικήσομαι, δῐοικηθήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐοικήσω | δῐοικήσεις | δῐοικήσει | δῐοικήσετον | δῐοικήσετον | δῐοικήσομεν | δῐοικήσετε | δῐοικήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | δῐοικήσοιμῐ | δῐοικήσοις | δῐοικήσοι | δῐοικήσοιτον | δῐοικησοίτην | δῐοικήσοιμεν | δῐοικήσοιτε | δῐοικήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | δῐοικήσομαι | δῐοικήσῃ / δῐοικήσει | δῐοικήσεται | δῐοικήσεσθον | δῐοικήσεσθον | δῐοικησόμεθᾰ | δῐοικήσεσθε | δῐοικήσονται | ||||
| optative | δῐοικησοίμην | δῐοικήσοιο | δῐοικήσοιτο | δῐοικήσοισθον | δῐοικησοίσθην | δῐοικησοίμεθᾰ | δῐοικήσοισθε | δῐοικήσοιντο | |||||
| passive | indicative | δῐοικηθήσομαι | δῐοικηθήσῃ | δῐοικηθήσεται | δῐοικηθήσεσθον | δῐοικηθήσεσθον | δῐοικηθησόμεθᾰ | δῐοικηθήσεσθε | δῐοικηθήσονται | ||||
| optative | δῐοικηθησοίμην | δῐοικηθήσοιο | δῐοικηθήσοιτο | δῐοικηθήσοισθον | δῐοικηθησοίσθην | δῐοικηθησοίμεθᾰ | δῐοικηθήσοισθε | δῐοικηθήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐοικήσειν | δῐοικήσεσθαι | δῐοικηθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐοικήσων | δῐοικησόμενος | δῐοικηθησόμενος | |||||||||
| f | δῐοικήσουσᾰ | δῐοικησομένη | δῐοικηθησομένη | ||||||||||
| n | δῐοικῆσον | δῐοικησόμενον | δῐοικηθησόμενον | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: δῐῴκησᾰ, δῐῳκησᾰ́μην, δῐῳκήθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐῴκησᾰ | δῐῴκησᾰς | δῐῴκησε(ν) | δῐῳκήσᾰτον | δῐῳκησᾰ́την | δῐῳκήσᾰμεν | δῐῳκήσᾰτε | δῐῴκησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικήσω | δῐοικήσῃς | δῐοικήσῃ | δῐοικήσητον | δῐοικήσητον | δῐοικήσωμεν | δῐοικήσητε | δῐοικήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐοικήσαιμῐ | δῐοικήσειᾰς / δῐοικήσαις | δῐοικήσειε(ν) / δῐοικήσαι | δῐοικήσαιτον | δῐοικησαίτην | δῐοικήσαιμεν | δῐοικήσαιτε | δῐοικήσειᾰν / δῐοικήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐοίκησον | δῐοικησᾰ́τω | δῐοικήσᾰτον | δῐοικησᾰ́των | δῐοικήσᾰτε | δῐοικησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | δῐῳκησᾰ́μην | δῐῳκήσω | δῐῳκήσᾰτο | δῐῳκήσᾰσθον | δῐῳκησᾰ́σθην | δῐῳκησᾰ́μεθᾰ | δῐῳκήσᾰσθε | δῐῳκήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικήσωμαι | δῐοικήσῃ | δῐοικήσηται | δῐοικήσησθον | δῐοικήσησθον | δῐοικησώμεθᾰ | δῐοικήσησθε | δῐοικήσωνται | |||||
| optative | δῐοικησαίμην | δῐοικήσαιο | δῐοικήσαιτο | δῐοικήσαισθον | δῐοικησαίσθην | δῐοικησαίμεθᾰ | δῐοικήσαισθε | δῐοικήσαιντο | |||||
| imperative | δῐοίκησαι | δῐοικησᾰ́σθω | δῐοικήσᾰσθον | δῐοικησᾰ́σθων | δῐοικήσᾰσθε | δῐοικησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | δῐῳκήθην | δῐῳκήθης | δῐῳκήθη | δῐῳκήθητον | δῐῳκηθήτην | δῐῳκήθημεν | δῐῳκήθητε | δῐῳκήθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐοικηθῶ | δῐοικηθῇς | δῐοικηθῇ | δῐοικηθῆτον | δῐοικηθῆτον | δῐοικηθῶμεν | δῐοικηθῆτε | δῐοικηθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐοικηθείην | δῐοικηθείης | δῐοικηθείη | δῐοικηθεῖτον / δῐοικηθείητον | δῐοικηθείτην / δῐοικηθειήτην | δῐοικηθεῖμεν / δῐοικηθείημεν | δῐοικηθεῖτε / δῐοικηθείητε | δῐοικηθεῖεν / δῐοικηθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | δῐοικήθητῐ | δῐοικηθήτω | δῐοικήθητον | δῐοικηθήτων | δῐοικήθητε | δῐοικηθέντων | |||||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐοικῆσαι | δῐοικήσᾰσθαι | δῐοικηθῆναι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐοικήσᾱς | δῐοικησᾰ́μενος | δῐοικηθείς | |||||||||
| f | δῐοικήσᾱσᾰ | δῐοικησᾰμένη | δῐοικηθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
| n | δῐοικῆσᾰν | δῐοικησᾰ́μενον | δῐοικηθέν | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: δῐῴκηκᾰ, δῐῴκημαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐῴκηκᾰ | δῐῴκηκᾰς | δῐῴκηκε(ν) | δῐῳκήκᾰτον | δῐῳκήκᾰτον | δῐῳκήκᾰμεν | δῐῳκήκᾰτε | δῐῳκήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐῳκήκω | δῐῳκήκῃς | δῐῳκήκῃ | δῐῳκήκητον | δῐῳκήκητον | δῐῳκήκωμεν | δῐῳκήκητε | δῐῳκήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐῳκήκοιμῐ / δῐῳκηκοίην | δῐῳκήκοις / δῐῳκηκοίης | δῐῳκήκοι / δῐῳκηκοίη | δῐῳκήκοιτον | δῐῳκηκοίτην | δῐῳκήκοιμεν | δῐῳκήκοιτε | δῐῳκήκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐῴκηκε | δῐῳκηκέτω | δῐῳκήκετον | δῐῳκηκέτων | δῐῳκήκετε | δῐῳκηκόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐῴκημαι | δῐῴκησαι | δῐῴκηται | δῐῴκησθον | δῐῴκησθον | δῐῳκήμεθᾰ | δῐῴκησθε | δῐῴκηνται | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐῳκημένος ὦ | δῐῳκημένος ᾖς | δῐῳκημένος ᾖ | δῐῳκημένω ἦτον | δῐῳκημένω ἦτον | δῐῳκημένοι ὦμεν | δῐῳκημένοι ἦτε | δῐῳκημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐῳκημένος εἴην | δῐῳκημένος εἴης | δῐῳκημένος εἴη | δῐῳκημένω εἴητον / εἶτον | δῐῳκημένω εἰήτην / εἴτην | δῐῳκημένοι εἴημεν / εἶμεν | δῐῳκημένοι εἴητε / εἶτε | δῐῳκημένοι εἴησᾰν / εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐῴκησο | δῐῳκήσθω | δῐῴκησθον | δῐῳκήσθων | δῐῴκησθε | δῐῳκήσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐῳκηκέναι | δῐῳκῆσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐῳκηκώς | δῐῳκημένος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐῳκηκυῖᾰ | δῐῳκημένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐῳκηκός | δῐῳκημένον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: δῐῳκήκειν / δῐῳκήκη, δῐῳκήμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐῳκήκειν / δῐῳκήκη | δῐῳκήκεις / δῐῳκήκης | δῐῳκήκει(ν) | δῐῳκήκετον | δῐῳκηκέτην | δῐῳκήκεμεν | δῐῳκήκετε | δῐῳκήκεσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | δῐῳκήμην | δῐῴκησο | δῐῴκητο | δῐῴκησθον | δῐῳκήσθην | δῐῳκήμεθᾰ | δῐῴκησθε | δῐῴκηντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- διοικέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διοικέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- διοικέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “διοικέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “διοικέω”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.