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|Definition=Emp.23.6, etc.: fut. κτίσω A.''Ch.''1060: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔκτῐσα Od.11.263, etc.; ''poet.'' ἔκτισσα Pi.''P.''1.62, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''289 (lyr.), κτίσσα Il.20.216, κτίσα Pi.''P.''5.89: pf. ἔκτῐκα ''Lyr.Alex.Adesp.''1.8, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]7.5, 15.13:—Med., ''poet.''aor. ἐκτίσσατο Pi.''O.''10(11).25, ''Fr.''1.4 ([[ἐκτής]]- codd.):—Pass., fut. κτισθήσομαι Str.''Chr.''5.38, D.H.1.56: aor. ἐκτίσθην Th.1.12, etc.: pf. ἔκτισμαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.46, Hp.''Art.''45, E.''Fr.''360.9:—[[people]] a country, [[build houses and cities in]] it, <b class="b3">κτίσσε δὲ Δαρδανίην</b> Il.l.c.; <b class="b3">κτίζω χώρην, νῆσον</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.149, 3.49.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of a city, [[found]], [[build]], <b class="b3">Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν</b> Od.l.c., cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.167, 168, Th.6.4, ''PCair.Zen.''169 (iii B.C.); ἀποικίαν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''815:—Pass., to [[be founded]], <b class="b3">Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν</b> [[founded by emigrants from]] [[Colophon]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.16, cf.7.153, 8.62; <b class="b3">μήτε ἄστεα μήτε τείχεα ἐκτισμένα</b> no [[fixed]] cities or walls, Id.4.46; -ομένη πόλις Phld.''Rh.''2.155 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κτίζω ἄλσος</b> [[plant]] a [[grove]], Pi.''P.''5.89; [[βωμόν]] [[set up]] an [[altar]], Id.''O.''7.42; [[ἑορτάν]], [[ἀγῶνα]], [[found]], [[establish]] it, ib.6.69, 10(11).25 (Med.); <b class="b3">τὸν Κύρνον… κτίσαι, ἥρων ἐόντα</b> [[establish]] his [[worship]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.167; δαῖτάς τινι A.''Ch.''484 (Pass.); τάφον τινί S.''Ant.''1101; αἵρεσιν Phld.''Rh.''1.77 S.; σύνοδον ''IG''22.1343.12 (i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[produce]], [[create]], [[bring into being]], γόνῳ τινά A.''Supp.''172 (lyr.); [[bring about]], [[τελευτή]]ν ib.140 (lyr.), cf. ''Ch.''441 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁ τὴν φιλίην ἐκτικώς</b> ''Lyr.Alex.Adesp.'' [[l.c.]]; of painters, <b class="b3">δένδρεα… καὶ ἀνέρας ἠδὲ γυναῖκας</b> Emp.l.c.; <b class="b3">ἵπποισι τὸν χαλινὸν κτίσας</b> [[having invented]] it, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''715 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[make]] so and so, ἐλεύθερον κ. τινά A.''Ch.''1060; ἔνθεον κτίσας φρένα Id.''Eu.''17, cf. 714; ποτανὰν εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι E. ''Supp.''620 (lyr.), cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''289 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[perpetrate]] a [[deed]], S.''Tr.'' 898. (Cf. Skt. kséti '[[reside]]', kṣitís (= [[κτίσις]]) '[[habitation]]'.)