ἔκτισε (ektise)

ἔκτισε is an Ancient Greek form of κτίζω, meaning “found, settle”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist active indicative.

It can also be a form of ἐκτίνω, “pay in full”.

Found 36 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.68.3: Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικὸν καὶ Ἀμφιλοχίαν τὴν ἄλλην ἔκτισε μὲν μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ οἴκαδε ἀναχωρήσας καὶ οὐκ ἀρεσκόμενος τῇ ἐν Ἄργει καταστάσει Ἀμφίλοχος ὁ Ἀμφιάρεω ἐν τῷ Ἀμπρακικῷ κόλπῳ, ὁμώνυμον τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδι Ἄργος ὀνομάσας

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 8·9: … ῶν ἐκ τῆς μωρᾶς ὡπλισμένων σοφίας. Πάλιν διὰ τοῦ σοφοῦ Σολομῶντος ἐν Παροιμίαις κέκτισται, Κύριος γάρ, φησίν, ἔκτισέ με.

All forms of κτίζω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.