κατοικέω

katoikeo

settle in, colonize

Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 9
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Book II 2
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21

1266b2

Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1271b30
Book III 5
Chapter 3 1276a6–1276b15

1276a25
1276a34
1276a35
1276b12

Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10

1280b35
Book VII 2
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33

1329b8

Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18

1331a6
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 7
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Chapter 95 838a5–14

838a8
Chapter 106 840a6–14

840a12
Chapter 107 840a15–26

840a16
Chapter 111 840b25–31

840b27
Chapter 127 842b14–26

842b20
Chapter 136 844a24–34

844a24
Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b18
History of Animals 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter 11 614b31–615a19

615a15

Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

622a6
Meteorology 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350a34
Book II 1
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

362b27
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

293b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατοικέω, A. settle in, colonize, πόλιν Hdt. 7.164; γῆν E. Med. 10; τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλιν 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 inhabited, 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. and plpf. Pass., to have been planted or settled, 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 πεδίοις ib.677c, cf. 682c: also c. acc. loci, τὰς τὴν Ἀσίαν κατοικούσας which are situated in . . , Isoc. 5.123.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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