The corpus record

καταναίω

katanaio

make to dwell, settle

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k

What it meant

καταναίω · katanaiō — LSJ

make to dwell, settle, take up oneʼs abode, dwell

make to dwell, settle:—Act. only in poet. aor., κατένασσε πατὴρ ἐς πείρατα γαίης Hes. Op. 168; κ. ὑπὸ χθονός Id. Th. 6 20; γουνοῖσιν Νεμείης ib. 329, cf. B. 3.60:—aor. Med., δυσαρέστους δαίμονας αὐτοῦ κατανασσαμένη A. Eu. 929 (anap.):—Pass., only in aor., take up oneʼs abode, dwell, ὑπὸ δειράσι Παρνασοῦ κατενάσθη E. Ph. 207 (lyr.); ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ κατένασθεν (3 pl.) Ar. V. 662: so in aor. Med., ἐν Κέῳ κατενάσσατο A.R. 2.520.

2 establish

establish, βωμόν B. 10.41.

In the wild

κατανασσαμένη · katanassamenē Aeschylus, Eumenides 927–929
κατένασθεν · katenasthen Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 463)
κατενάσθη · katenasthē Euripides, Phoenissae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 95)

Where it came from

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