settle in, colonize
κατοικ-έω,
A. settle in, colonize, πόλιν
Hdt. 7.164
; γῆν
E. Med. 10
;τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλινDecr.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 inorinhabited, opp.κατοικίζομαι(to be just founded), Arist. Pol. 1266b2 .
2. abs.,settle, dwell, ζητοῦσα . . ποῦ κατοικοίης
S. OC 362
; ἵνα χρὴ κατοικεῖν
Ar. Av. 153
;ἐν δόμοις, ἐν ἄστεσι, E. Hel. 1651 , Pl. Lg. 666e , etc.; αὐτόθι
Th. 3.34
; ἐν μοναρχίᾳ
Isoc. 1.36
; ἐπὶ γῆς
Apoc. 3.10
; esp. of non-citizens, Ἐφέσιοι καὶ οἱ -οῦντες
SIG 352.4
(Ephesus,iv B.C.). cf. 633.67 (Milet.,ii B.C.):—pf.andplpf.
Pass. ,to have been plantedorsettled, κατὰ κώμας
Hdt. 1.96
, cf. 2.102 ;κ.νῆσον, τὴν μεσόγειαν, Id. 4.8 , Th. 1.120 .
II. administer, govern, οἱ τὰς πόλεις -οῦντες
Phld. Rh. 2.225
S. :—more freq. in Pass. ,κατῴκηνται καλῶς, of Athens, S. OC 1004 ;ὀρθῶς κ., of Sparta, Pl. Lg. 683a .
III. intr. of cities,lie, be siluated,ἐν τοῖς πεδίοιςib. 677c , cf. 682c : also c. acc. loci,τὰς τὴν Ἀσίαν κατοικούσας which are situated in. . , Isoc. 5.123 .
