κτίζω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (to settle). Cognates include Sanskrit क्षेति (kṣeti), Avestan 𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬙𐬌 (šaēiti) and, via Iranian borrowing, Old Armenian շէն (šēn).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κτίζω (ktízō)

  1. to people
  2. to found, build, establish (a city)
  3. to plant (e.g. an orchard)
  4. to create, produce
  5. to make so
  6. to perpetrate

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κτίζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 791-792

Further reading

Greek

Verb

κτίζω (ktízo) (past έκτισα, passive κτίζομαι)

  1. Alternative form of χτίζω (chtízo)

Conjugation