Ἀνοικίσαι τὴν πόλιν

to resettle the city

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

Meaning to rebuild [it].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνοικίσαι τὴν πόλιν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνακτίσαι.

Betacode

*)anoiki/sai th\n po/lin: a)nti\ tou= a)nakti/sai.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase must be quoted from somewhere. There are ones like it in e.g. Plutarch, Moralia 458C, but the only exact match occurs in Himerius, Orations 5.200 (in Photius' Bibliotheke); Themistocles is speaking about Athens.