ΠΟΛΙΖΩ, πολιζω
POLIZŌ, polizō
Sounds Like: po-LI-zo
Translations: to found a city, to build a city, to make a city
From the root: ΠΟΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to found, build, or establish a city. It describes the act of creating a new urban center or developing an existing settlement into a city.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΠΟΛΙΣΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) having been made a city, (of) having been civilized, (of) having been settled, (of) having been founded
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