ἀποικέω

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English (LSJ)

   A 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.HF557, cf. IA680; 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. OT998.