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ἀποικέω

ἀποικέω, to go away from home, to settle in a foreign country, emigrate

ἀποικ-έω,
  • go away from home, esp. as a colonist, settle in a foreign country, emigrate, ἐκ πόλεως Isoc. 4.122; ἐς Θουρίους Pl. Euthd. 271c: so c. acc. loci, Καλλίσταν ἀπῴκησαν νᾶσον Pi. P. 4.258, cf. Porph. VP 2.
    • II dwell afar off, μακρὰν ἀ. Th. 3.55; πρόσω ἀ. X. Oec. 4.6; ἀ. τινὸς πρόσω E. HF 557, cf. IA 680; ἐν νήσῳ Arist. Pol. 1272b1; ἀ. τῶν πεδίων Philostr. Im. 1.9: c. acc., live a long way off a person, Theoc. 15.7 (s.v.l.):—Pass., ἡ Κόρινθος ἐξ ἐμοῦ . . μακρὰν ἀπῳκεῖτο Corinth was inhabited by me at a distance, i.e. I settled far from Corinth, S. OT 998.

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