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κτίζω
κτίζω to people a country, build houses and cities in it, colonise, Il., Hdt., etc. of a city, to found, plant, build, Od., Hdt., etc.:—Pass. to be founded, Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν founded by emigrants from Colophon, Hdt. κτ. ἄλσος to plant a grove, Pind.; κτ. βωμόν to set up an altar, Pind.; τὸν Κύρνον κτίσαι to establish his worship, Hdt. to create, bring into being, bring about, Aesch.; τὸν χαλινὸν κτίσας having invented it, Soph. to make so and so, ἐλεύθερον κτ. τινά Aesch., etc. to perpetrate a deed, Soph.

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κτίζω to people a country, build houses and cities in it, colonise, Il., Hdt., etc. of a city, to found, plant, build, Od., Hdt., etc.:—Pass. to be founded, Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν founded by emigrants from Colophon, Hdt. κτ. ἄλσος to plant a grove, Pind.; κτ. βωμόν to set up an altar, Pind.; τὸν Κύρνον κτίσαι to establish his worship, Hdt. to create, bring into being, bring about, Aesch.; τὸν χαλινὸν κτίσας having invented it, Soph. to make so and so, ἐλεύθερον κτ. τινά Aesch., etc. to perpetrate a deed, Soph.
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18799
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n18817
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kti/zw

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