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κατοικ-ίζω

katoikizo

settle, establish

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Where it lives

For the Megalopolitans 2 · 10.8/10k
Critias 5 · 10.12/10k
Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
Aegineticus 2 · 6.89/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Epistles 9 · 5.31/10k
Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
Evagoras 2 · 4.35/10k
Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Archidamus 2 · 3.27/10k
Panathenaicus 5 · 3.16/10k
Timaeus 7 · 2.96/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατοικ-ίζω · katoik-izō — LSJ

settle, establish, place, plant, to be settled

settle, establish, κ. τινὰς ες Μέμφιν Hdt. 2.154, cf. Ar. Pax 205, Decr. ap. D. 18.182, etc.; κ. πόλιν εἰς τόπον place it . . , Pl. R. 370e; γυναῖκας ἐς φῶς ἡλίου κ. E. Hipp. 617, cf. Pl. Ti. 70a, Critias Fr. 25.38, etc.; κ. ψυχὴν ἐν τάφῳ S. Ant. 1069; ἐκγόνους ἐν τόπῳ Pl. Criti. 113c; ἐλπίδας ἔν τινι κ. plant them in his mind, A. Pr. 252; κ. τινὰ χώρᾳ S. OC 637; τινὰς ἐκ Ῥώμης εἰς τὴν Καμερίαν κ. Plu. Rom. 24:—Pass., to be settled, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Hdt. 2.154; περὶ τὸ ἧπαρ Pl. Ti. 71d; τοὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ Π

II colonize, people, to be settled, to be founded, established

c. acc. loci, colonize, people a place, αἳ Θεμίσκυράν ποτε κατοικιοῦσιν A. Pr. 725; Μέγαρα Hdt. 5.76, cf. E. Andr. 295 (lyr.), Th. 6.76, etc.; τὴν Σικελίαν Pl. Ep. 357a; τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον κ. πόλεσι λαμπραῖς Ath. 12.523e:—Pass., to be settled, ἡ Ἑλλὰς -ῳκίζετο Th. 1.12, cf. 2.17; to be founded, established, Isoc. 9.19; πόλεις κατοικιζόμεναι εὐθύς, opp. ἤδη κατοικούμεναι, Arist. Pol. 1266b1.

III establish oneself, settle

Med., establish oneself, settle, Th. 2.102; ἐν Τροιζῆνι, εἰς Αἴγιναν, Isoc. 19.23, 24.

IV bring home and re-establish there, restore to oneʼs country

bring home and re-establish there, restore to oneʼs country, A. Eu. 756, Pl. Ep. 357b.

In the wild

κατῴκισάς · katōikisas Aeschylus, Eumenides 755
κατῴκισα · katōikisa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 252
κατοικιοῦσιν · katoikiousin Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 721–727
κατοικίζοιμι · katoikizoimi Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 187)
κατῴκισαν · katōikisan Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 155)
κατοικιζομέναις · katoikizomenais Aristotle, Politics 1266b (DIORISIS sentence 536)

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