in its own right

16:02 Feb 23, 2014
English to Greek translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: in its own right
[...] By contrast, the term οἶκος is used in a material sense. It can refer not only to a family as part of the polis but also to the politically entrepreneurial family unit. The oikos is frequently seen as the private sphere opposed to the public life of the polis, but it is not as simple as that. The ideal of the polis effectively required the oikos to be delimited as a sphere of private concerns, when before the rise of the city state a wealthy and influential family could expect to lead a public life in its own right. [...]
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3 +1αυτοδικαίως
Kyriacos Georghiou
2καθ' εαυτήν
Dave Bindon


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καθ' εαυτήν


Explanation:
(feminine referring to οικογένεια)

Dave Bindon
Greece
Local time: 07:27
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αυτοδικαίως


Explanation:
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Kyriacos Georghiou
Cyprus
Local time: 07:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek

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agree  Vasileios Paraskevas
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