καθιδρύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰτᾰ- (κᾰθ-) (“fully”) +‎ ἱδρῡ́ω (“make to sit down; settle; found”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κᾰθιδρῡ́ω • (kathidrū́ō) (causative of καθέζομαι)

  1. make to sit down
    1. (passive) sit down, settle
  2. establish
    1. be restored
  3. consecrate, dedicate
  4. found

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐγκᾰθιδρῡ́ω (enkathidrū́ō, “erect, set up in”)
  • κᾰθίδρυμᾰ n (kathídruma, “establishment; temple”)
  • κᾰθίδρυσῐς f (kathídrusis, “founding temples, setting up statues; foundation-festival”)
  • νεοκᾰθίδρῡτος (neokathídrūtos, “newly founded/built”)
  • πᾰρᾰκαθιδρύομαι (parakathidrúomai, “placed near”)
  • προκᾰθιδρύομαι (prokathidrúomai, “be seated before”)
  • προσκᾰθιδρύω (proskathidrúō, “place upon”)
  • συγκᾰθιδρύω (sunkathidrúō, “set up with, dedicate with”)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek κᾰθιδρῡ́ω (“make sit down; establish”).[1] Morphologically, from κατα- (καθ-) (“fully”) +‎ ιδρύω (“found”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.θiˈðri.o/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧θι‧δρύ‧ω

Verb

καθιδρύω • (kathidrýo) (past καθίδρυσα, passive καθιδρύομαι)

  1. (rare formal term) Synonym of ιδρύω (idrýo): "Ι found"

Conjugation

  • ίδρυση f (ídrysi, “founding”)
  • καθίδρυση f (kathídrysi, “fouding”) (formal)
  • καθίδρυμα n (kathídryma, “prestigious institution”)
  • εγκαθιδρύω (egkathidrýo, “establish”)
  • επανιδρύω (epanidrýo, “refound”)
  • and see: ιδρύω (idrýo, “found”)

References

  1. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “καθιδρύω”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
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