1.to people a country, build houses and cities in it, colonise, Il., Hdt., etc.
2.of a city, to found, plant, build, Od., Hdt., etc.:—Pass. to be founded, Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν founded by emigrants from Colophon, Hdt.
3.κτ. ἄλσος to plant a grove, Pind.; κτ. βωμόν to set up an altar, id=Pind.; τὸν Κύρνον κτίσαι to establish his worship, Hdt.
6.to perpetrate a deed, Soph.