καθέζομαι
καθέζομαι (v. infr.), impf.
ἐκαθεζόμην in Prose,
X. An. 1.5.9 ,
Cyr. 5.3.25 (but freq. as aor. 2,
And. 1.44 ,
Th. 4.110 ,
Pl. Euthd. 272e ); in Poets,
A). καθεζόμην Od. 9.417 ,
A. Eu. 6 ,
Ar. Lys. 1139 : fut.
καθεδοῦμαι Id. Ra. 200 ,
Av. 727 (anap.),
And. 1.111 ,
Pl. Tht. 146a ,
D. 5.15 ; later
καθεδήσομαι D.L. 2.72 ,
καθεσθήσομαι LXX Le. 12.5 : aor.
καθεσθείς AP 9.644.5 (
Agath.),
Paus. 9.3.4 ,
Charito 3.2 , but v.
Luc. Sol. 11 (
καθίζομαι, Pass. of
καθίζω, which supplies the trans. sense, is more common in pres. and impf., but we have
κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζεαι Od. 10.378 ,
καθεζόμεσθα E. Heracl. 33 ,
καθέζονται Lys. 13.37 , etc.):—
sit down, take one's seat,
ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες Od. 1.372 ;
εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο 9.417 , cf.
Il. 24.126 , etc.;
κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου ib.
522 ;
κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζετ’ ἐπὶ .. λίθοισιν Od. 3.406 ;
καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (v.
πρόχνυ); so
κ. ἐν .. εὐνατηρίοις S. Tr. 918 ;
ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς E. Ph. 75 ;
ἐς θρόνον A. Pr. 231 ;
preside,
Lys. l.c.,
Aeschin. 3.73 ;
ἐνθαδί Ar. Ra. 200 ;
οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats,
Aeschin. 3.3 : Medic.,
Hp. Epid. 7.3 .
2). sit down in, occupy, a country,
encamp,
Th. 2.18 ,
7.77 ;
settle,
εἰς χώραν OGI 201.13 (Nubia, vi A.D.).
II). remain seated, in various senses:
1). sit still, with collat. notion of inaction,
τίφθ’ οὕτως κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδῳ;
Od. 10.378 , cf.
6.295 .
ShortDef
to sit down, take one's seat
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
καθέζομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καθεζομαι
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">καθέζομαι</span> (v. infr.), impf. <span class="foreign greek">ἐκαθεζόμην</span> in Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.5.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.3.25 </a> (but freq. as aor. 2, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.110 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:272e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:272e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 272e </a>); in Poets, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">καθεζόμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.417 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1139 </a>: fut. <span class="quote greek">καθεδοῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 200 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:727" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:727/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 727 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.111 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:146a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:146a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 146a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg005.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 5.15 </a>; later <span class="quote greek">καθεδήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 2.72 </a> , <span class="quote greek">καθεσθήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:12:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:12.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Le.</span> 12.5 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">καθεσθείς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.644.5 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.3.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Charito</span> 3.2 </a>, but v. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 11 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">καθίζομαι</span>, Pass. of <span class="foreign greek">καθίζω</span>, which supplies the trans. sense, is more common in pres. and impf., but we have <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζεαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.378/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.378 </a> , <span class="quote greek">καθεζόμεσθα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 33 </a> , <span class="quote greek">καθέζονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 13.37 </a> , etc.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sit down, take one\'s seat</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.372/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.372 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.417/canonical-url/"> 9.417 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.126 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:522" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:522/canonical-url/"> 522 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζετ’ ἐπὶ .. λίθοισιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.406/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.406 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">καθεζομένη πρόχνυ</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">πρόχνυ</span>); so <span class="quote greek">κ. ἐν .. εὐνατηρίοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:918" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:918/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 918 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 75 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐς θρόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 231 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">preside</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> </span> l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.73 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐνθαδί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 200 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">taking their seats</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.3 </a>: Medic., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 7.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sit down in, occupy</span>, a country, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">encamp</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.77/canonical-url/"> 7.77 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">settle</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰς χώραν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 201.13 </span> (Nubia, vi A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">remain seated</span>, in various senses: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sit still</span>, with collat. notion of inaction, <span class="foreign greek">τίφθ’ οὕτως κατ’ ἄρ’ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδῳ</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.378/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.378 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.295/canonical-url/"> 6.295 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sit</span> as suppliants, <span class="quote greek">ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.70 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1139 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.107 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sit</span> for one\'s portrait, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plot.</span> 1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of a teacher, <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 26.55 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}