κατοικ-έω,
settle in, colonize, πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164; γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλιν Decrees Byzantine cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.91 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, inhabit, τόπους [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 40; τὴν Ἀσίαν “SIG” 557.17 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:— passive, to be dwelt in or inhabited, opposed to κατοικίζομαι (to be just founded), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266b2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, settle, dwell, ζητοῦσα.. ποῦ κατοικοίης [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 362; ἵνα χρὴ κατοικεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 153 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν δόμοις, ἐν ἄστεσι, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1651, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666e, etc.; αὐτόθι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34; ἐν μοναρχίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.36; ἐπὶ γῆς NT.Rev.3.10 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; especially of non-citizens, Ἐφέσιοι καὶ οἱ -οῦντες [[ “SIG” 352.4 (Ephesus, 4th c.BC). compare 633.67 (Milet., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—perfect and pluperfect passive, to have been planted or settled, κατὰ κώμας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, compare 2.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ.νῆσον, τὴν μεσόγειαν, [[ [prev. author] 4.8, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II administer, govern, οἱ τὰς πόλεις -οῦντες [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.225 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —more frequently in passive, κατῴκηνται καλῶς[[, of Athens, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1004 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρθῶς κ., of Sparta, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 683a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]