A). κάθιζον Il. 3.426 ,al.; in Prose ἐκάθιζον X. HG 5.4.6 , Din. 2.13 : fut. καθέσω Eup. 12.11 D.; καθίσω (intr.) Apollod. Com. 5 ; Ion. κατίσω (trans.) Hdt. 4.190 ; Att. also καθιῶ X. An. 2 . 1.4 , D. 24.25 , 39.11 , IG 22.778.13 (iii B.C.); Dor. καθιξῶ Bion Fr. 10.16 : aor. 1 καθεῖσα Il. 18.389 , al., subj. καθέσω h.Ap.ap. Th. 3.104 ; inf. καθέσαι IG 22.46 aB* 21 , 25 (v/iv B.C.); poet. κάθεσσα Pi. P. 5.42 codd.; this aor. καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in E. Hipp. 31 (ἐγκαθ-, Med.), Ph. 1188 , Hdt. 1.88 , 4.79 , Th. 7.82 , but we also find Ep. κάθῐσα, Ion. κάτ- (for which κάθεσα, κάτεσον, etc., shd. perh. be restored), Il. 19.280 ( v.l. κάθεσαν ), al., Hdt. 1.89 , 2.126 , καθῖσα Ar. Ra. 911 , Th. 6.66 (leg. καθεῖσα), later ἐκάθῐσα X. Cyr. 6.1.23 , Men. 544 , etc., cf. Poll. 3.89 ; also Ep. part. καθίσσας Il. 9.488 ; Dor. καθίξας Theoc. 1.12 , subj. καθίξῃ ib. 51 ; late part. καθιζήσας, subj. -ζήσῃ, D.C. 54.30 , 37.27 : pf. κεκάθῐκα D.S. 17.115 , Ep.Hebr. 12.2 , A.D. Synt. 323.23 :— Med., impf. ἐκαθιζόμην Ar. V. 824 , κὰδ .. ἵζ- Il. 19.50 : fut. καθιζήσομαι Pl. Phdr. 229a , Euthd. 278b ,(προς-) Aeschin. 3.167 , later καθίσομαι Ev.Matt. 19.28 , Plu. 2.583f , -ιοῦμαι LXX Ma. 3.3 , al.: aor. 1 καθεσσάμην Anacr. 111 ; also ἐκαθισάμην SIG 975.6 (Delos, iii B. C.), Hsch.,(ἐπ-, παρ-) Th. 4.130 codd., D. 33.14 ; Ep. ἐκαθισσάμην Call. Dian. 233 , καθισσάμην A.R. 4.278 , 1219 :— Pass., aor. 1 part. καθιζηθείς D.C. 63.5 :

I). causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας Il. 3.68 ; μή με κάθιζ’ 6.360 ; σ’ ἐπ’ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488 ; κὰδ δ’ εἷσ’ ἐν θαλάμῳ 3.382 ; τὴν μὲν .. καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389 ; κατίσαι τινὰ ἐπ’ οἰκήματος Hdt. 2.121 .έ; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, X. An. 2.1.4 ; ἐπὶ θρόνον Phld. Vit. p.22 J.

2). set, place, τὸν μὲν .. καθεῖσεν ἐπ’ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ Il. 5.36 ; κὰδ δ’ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν 2.549 ; Κρόνον .. Ζεὺς γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε 14.204 ; καθίζειν τινὰ εἰς δόμον E. Ion 1541 ; κ. στρατόν encamp it, Id. Heracl. 664 , cf. Th. 4.90 ; κ. τὸ στράτευμα ἐς Χωρίον ἐπιτήδειον Id. 6.66 ; σύλλογον εἰς Χωρίον κ., Χωρὶς μὲν τοὺς ὁπλίτας, Χωρὶς δὲ τοὺς ἱππέας Pl. Lg. 755e .

b). post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος Od. 4.524 ; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, Hdt. 1.89 , cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.14 ; ἄλλους κάτισον ἀγαγὼν κατὰ τὰς .. πύλας Hdt. 3.155 ; κ. ἐνέδραν Plu. Publ. 19 : rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις Pherecr. 127 .

3). set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν Pi. P. 5.42 codd.:— Med., καθέσσασθαι Anacr. 111 , A.R. 4.1219 .

4). cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει Od. 2.69 ; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα h.Ap.ap. Th. 3.104 ; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον Ar. V. 305 , cf. D. 39.11 , IG 22.778.13 ; νομοθέτας D. 24.25 , prob. in Id. 3.10 ; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, Pl. Lg. 874a ; ἐάν τε Χιλίους ἐάν θ’ ὁποσουσοῦν ἡ πόλις καθίσῃ D. 21.223 ; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια Pl. Plt. 298e ; βουλὴν ἐπίσκοπον πάντων Plu. Sol. 19 .

5). put into a certain condition, esp. in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς' Eup. l.c., cf. Pl. Ion 535e , X. Cyr. 2.2.15 ; but ib. 14 κλαίειν τινὰ κ. to make him weep: for Theoc. 1.51 , v. ἀκράτιστος .

6). marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας LXX Ne. 13.27 , cf. 23 .

II). intr., take one's seat, sit, abs., Il. 3.394 , etc.; μετ’ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν, 15.50 , Od. 8.422 ; ἐν [θώκοισι] Hdt. 1.181 ; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, Isoc. 18.9 , 7.15 ; ἐπὶ σκίμποδα Ar. Nu. 254 ; ἐπὶ δένδρου Arist. HA 614a34 (but κ. ἐπὶ κώπην, of rowers, Ar. Ra. 197 ); of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν Th. 1.126 , Lys. 13.24 ; εἰς γόνυ D.S. 17.115 : in Poets also c. acc., κ. τρίποδα E. Ion 366 , El. 980 ; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, Id. HF 48 , Ion 6 , 1317 .

2). sit, recline at meals, X. Cyr. 8.4.2 .

3). sit as judge, Hdt. 1.97 , 5.25 , Pl. Lg. 659b , Ph. 1.382 ; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, D. 24.89 , cf. Hermes 17.5 (Delos).

4). reside, μετά τινος LXX Ru. 2.23 ( 3.1 ); ἐν πόλει ib. Ne. 11.1 .

5). settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω Pl. Phdr. 254c ; καθίσας ὁ φελλὸς ἀνοίξει τὸν κρουνόν Hero Spir. 1.20 .

6). of ships, run aground, be stranded, Plb. 1.39.3 , Str. 2.3.4 .

III). Med. in intr.sense, Il. 19.50 (in tmesi), Theoc. 15.3 , etc.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν θᾶκον Pl. R. 516e ; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), D. 21.56 (nisi leg. καθέζεσθαι, as also ib. 162 , both readings are found ib. 119 ); καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι Pl. Phdr. 228e .

2). of birds, settle, alight, Arist. HA 614b23 .

3). leave goods purchased in a market, SIG 975.6 (Delos, iii B.C.).-- Att. in this signf. acc. to Hsch.