The corpus record

κατοικτ-ίζω

katoiktizo

bewail oneself, utter lamentations

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Where it lives

Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

κατοικτ-ίζω · katoikt-izō — LSJ

bewail oneself, utter lamentations

= foreg., c. acc. rei, πόνους S. OC 384, etc.; λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον (i.e. χιτῶνα) οὐ κατοικτιεῖ A. l.c.:—Med., bewail oneself, utter lamentations, Hdt. 2.121.γʹ, 3.156, A. Eu. 121 (prob.); τί κατοικτίζει μάτην; Id. Pr. 36:—aor. Pass. κατῳκτίσθην E. IA 686: c. acc., as in Act., στρατόν A. Pers. 1062 (lyr.).

II excite pity

causal, excite pity, ῥήματα . . κατοικτίσαντά πως S. OC 1282.

In the wild

κατοικτίζεις · katoiktizeis Aeschylus, Eumenides 121
κατοίκτισαι · katoiktisai Aeschylus, Persians 1062
κατοικτίζῃ · katoiktizēi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 36
κατοικτιεῖ · katoiktiei Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 902–903
κατοικτισάμενον · katoiktisamenon Herodotus, Histories 2.121C.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2395)
κατοικτίζετο · katoiktizeto Herodotus, Histories 3.156.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4064)

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Where it came from

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