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ἱδρύω aor1 pass. ἱδρύθην not ἱδρύνθην

I.to make to sit down, to seat, Hom., etc.; αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς Il.; ἵδρυσε τὴν στρατιήν encamped the army, Hdt.:—Pass. to be seated, sit. still, Il., Eur.; of an army, to lie encamped, Hdt.; ἀσφαλῶς ἱδρυμένος seated, steady, secure, id=Hdt.
2.like Lat. figere, to fix or settle persons in a place, εἰς δόμον Eur.:—Pass. to be settled, Hdt., Soph., etc.
3.in Mid. to establish, ἱδρ. τινὰ ἄνακτα Eur.; τινὰ ἐς οἶκόν id=Eur.
4.perf. pass. ἵδρυ_μαι, of places, to be situated, to lie, Hdt.
II.to set up, found, esp. to dedicate temples, statues, Eur., Ar.:—Pass., ἱρόν, βωμὸς ἵδρυται Hdt.:—Mid. to set up for oneself, to found, id=Hdt., Eur.; perf. pass. in mid. sense, Hdt., Plat.

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