κτίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κτῐ́ζω • (ktĭ́zō)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓νᾰκτῐ́ζω (ănăktĭ́zō)
  • ἐγκτῐ́ζω (enktĭ́zō)
  • ἐπῐκτῐ́ζω (epĭktĭ́zō)
  • μετᾰκτῐ́ζω (metăktĭ́zō)
  • προσκτῐ́ζω (prosktĭ́zō)
  • σῠγκτῐ́ζω (sŭnktĭ́zō)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: χτίζω (khtízō)

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