Lexicon / G6052
κατοικίζω
katoikizō
  • to settle
  • to cause to dwell

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Glosses: to settle

1. to remove to a place, plant, settle or establish there as colonists , κ. τινὰ εἰς τόπον (Herdotus Historicus); γυναῖκας ἐς φῶς ἡλίου κατ. (Euripides):—;also, κ. τινὰ ἐν τόπῳ to settle or plant one in , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐλπίδας ἔν τινι κ. to plant them in his mind, (Aeschulus Tragicus)

2. with accusative loci, to colonise, people a place, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.

3. Pass.

4. of persons, to be placed or settled , ἐν τόπῳ (Herdotus Historicus); ἐς τόπον (Thucydides)

5. of places, to have colonies planted there, to be colonised , (Thucydides)

6. to bring home and re-establish there, to restore to one's country , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to cause to dwell

to cause to dwell