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