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κατοικέω

κατοικέω, to settle; to inhabit

κατοικ-έω,
  • settle in, colonize, πόλιν Hdt. 7.164; γῆν E. Med. 10; τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλιν Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91: generally, inhabit, τόπους S. Ph. 40; τὴν Ἀσίαν SIG 557.17 (Magn. Mae., iii B.C.), etc.:— Pass., to be dwelt in or inhabited, opp. κατοικίζομαι (to be just founded), Arist. Pol. 1266b2.
      • 2 abs., settle, dwell, ζητοῦσα . . ποῦ κατοικοίης S. OC 362; ἵνα χρὴ κατοικεῖν Ar. Av. 153; ἐν δόμοις, ἐν ἄστεσι, E. Hel. 1651, Pl. Lg. 666e, etc.; αὐτόθι Th. 3.34; ἐν μοναρχίᾳ Isoc. 1.36; ἐπὶ γῆς Apoc. 3.10; esp. of non-citizens, Ἐφέσιοι καὶ οἱ -οῦντες SIG 352.4 (Ephesus, iv B.C.). cf. 633.67 (Milet., ii B.C.):— pf. and plpf. Pass., to have been planted or settled, κατὰ κώμας Hdt. 1.96, cf. 2.102; κ. νῆσον, τὴν μεσόγειαν, Id. 4.8, Th. 1.120.
    • II administer, govern, οἱ τὰς πόλεις -οῦντες Phld. Rh. 2.225 S.:—more freq. in Pass., κατῴκηνται καλῶς, of Athens, S. OC 1004; ὀρθῶς κ., of Sparta, Pl. Lg. 683a.
    • III intr. of cities, lie, be situated, ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις ib. 677c, cf. 682c: also c. acc. loci, τὰς τὴν Ἀσίαν κατοικούσας which are situated in . ., Isoc. 5.123.

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