οἰκίζω
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
fut.
A -ιῶ Th.1.100, 6.23 : aor. ᾤκισα ; Ion. οἴκισα Hdt.5.42 ; poet. ᾤκισσα Pi.I.8(7).22: pf. ᾤκικα (συν-) Str.12.3.10 : plpf. ᾠκίκειν App.Hisp.100, BC2.26 :—Med., fut. οἰκιοῦμαι E.Heracl.46 (corrupt in X.HG1.6.32): aor. ᾠκισάμην (κατ-) Th.2.102, Isoc.19.23 :—Pass., fut. οἰκισθήσομαι D.5.10, App. BC2.139 : aor. ᾠκίσθην Th.6.5, Pl.Ti.72d : pf. ᾤκισμαι E.Hec.2 ; Ion. οἴ. Hdt.4.12 (as v. l.): I c. acc.rei, found as a colony or new settlement, Ar.Av.172, Th.6.4, etc. ; ἀπ' ἄλλης πόλεος οἰ. πόλιν E.Fr.360.11 codd. (leg. -ήσῃ) :—Pass., Pl.R.403b, X.An.5.3.7 ; πόλις οἴκισται ἐν . . v.l. in Hdt.4.12, cf. 2.44. 2 people with new settlers, colonize, χῶρον, χώρην, Id.5.42, 7.143 ; νήσους v. l. in Th.1.8: c. gen. pers., τὴν πόλιν . . ξυμμείκτων ἀνθρώπων οἰκίσας having colonized it with . . . Id.6.4:—Med., ὅπου γῆς πύργον οἰκιούμεθα we shall make ourselves a fenced home, E.Heracl.46, cf. Tr.435. II c. acc. pers., settle, plant as a colonist or inhabitant, Pi. l.c.; remove, transplant, ἐς ἄλλα δώματα, εἰς τήνδε χθόνα, E.IA670,IT30 : metaph., τὸν μὲν ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε brought him from high to low estate, Id.Heracl.613 (lyr.) :— Pass., settle as a colonist, fix one's habitation in a place, Τυδεὺς . . ἐν Ἄργει ξεῖνος ὢν οἰκίζεται S.Fr.799.4, cf. E.Hec.2, Pl.Phd.114c, etc. III intr., = οἰκέω, Herod.3.12, Hsch. ; οἰκίδδειν· καθῆσθαι, Id. (οἰκιδεῖν cod.).
