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