A.settlement far from home, colony, Pi.O.1.24, S.Fr.373.6, Hdt.1.146, IG1.31, etc.; correlative to μητρόπολις, Th.1.34; εἰς ἀ. στέλλειν, ἄγειν, send, lead to form a settlement, Hdt.4.147, 5.124; “ἀ. κτίσαι” A.Pr.814; “ἀ. ἐκπέμπειν” Th.1.12; ἀ. κηρύσσειν ἐς τόπον ib. 27; “ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι” Pl.Lg.702c; στέλλειν(of the οἰκιστής) Str.8.6.22; ἀποστέλλειν (of the μητρόπολις) Aeschin.2.176; ἡ κώμη ἀ. οἰκίας is an offshoot from . ., Arist.Pol.1252b17.
2. migration, Ph.2.410.
II. charter granted to a colony, Hyp.Fr. 73.