κατοικέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">settle in, colonize</b>, πόλιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.164</span>; γῆν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλιν</b> Decr.Byz. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.91</span>: generally, <b class="b2">inhabit</b>, τόπους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>40</span>; τὴν Ἀσίαν <span class="title">SIG</span>557.17 (Magn. Mae., iii B.C.), etc.:— Pass., <b class="b2">to be dwelt in</b> or <b class="b2">inhabited</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατοικίζομαι</b> (to be just founded), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266b2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b2">settle, dwell</b>, ζητοῦσα . . ποῦ κατοικοίης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>362</span>; ἵνα χρὴ κατοικεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>153</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δόμοις, ἐν ἄστεσι</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 1651</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>666e</span>, etc.; αὐτόθι <span class="bibl">Th.3.34</span>; ἐν μοναρχίᾳ <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.36</span>; ἐπὶ γῆς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>3.10</span>; esp. of non-citizens, Ἐφέσιοι καὶ οἱ -οῦντες <span class="title">SIG</span>352.4 (Ephesus, iv B.C.). cf. 633.67 (Milet., ii B.C.):—pf. and plpf. Pass., <b class="b2">to have been planted</b> or <b class="b2">settled</b>, κατὰ κώμας <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">2.102</span>; <b class="b3">κ.νῆσον, τὴν μεσόγειαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">administer, govern</b>, οἱ τὰς πόλεις -οῦντες Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.225 S.:—more freq. in Pass., <b class="b3">κατῴκηνται καλῶς</b>, of Athens, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1004</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρθῶς κ</b>., of Sparta, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>683a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr. of cities, <b class="b2">lie, be siluated</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">677c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">682c</span>: also c. acc. loci, <b class="b3">τὰς τὴν Ἀσίαν κατοικούσας</b> <b class="b2">which are situated in</b>... <span class="bibl">Isoc. 5.123</span>.</span>