Meanings
adjectivektistic (not generally comparable, comparative more ktistic, superlative most ktistic)
comparative more ktistic · superlative most ktistic
- not comparableusuallyConcerned with the founding of a city
The principal ktistic features of Tibullus 2.5 are: [...]
1979, Francis Cairns, Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome, Cambridge University Press, page 701 more example
The Aeneid may be categorized as a Hellenistic 'ktistic' epic, an aetiological narrative of the 'foundation' (ktisis) of a city.
2005, Philip Hardie, “Narrative Epic”, in Stephen Harrison, editor, A Companion to Latin Literature, page 88
Origin
- Ancient Greekκτίσις“founding, settling”
- Englishktistic
From Ancient Greek κτίσις (ktísis, “founding, settling”) + -ic.
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