ἵζω cf. ἕζομαι Causal, to make to sit, seat, place, μή μʼ ἐς θρόνον ἷζε Il.; ἵζει μάντιν ἐν θρόνοις Aesch.:—the Ionic and poet. aor1 εἷσα is always causal (as in the compds. ἐφ-, καθ-εῖσα) , εἷσεν ἐν κλισμοῖς, κατὰ κλισμούς, ἐπὶ θρόνου, ἐς δίφρον Hom.; εἷσέ μʼ ἐπὶ βουσί set me over the oxen, Od.; σκοπὸν εἷσε set as a spy, Il.; λόχον εἷσαν laid an ambush, Il.; εἷσεν ἐν Σχερίηι settled [them] in Scheria, Od.; imperat. εἷσον Od.; part. ἕσας Od.; so in Hdt., τοῦτον εἷσε ἐς τὸν θρόνον Hdt.; ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἵζειν τοὺς βασιλέας Hdt.; inf. ἕσσαι in Pind.; rare in Attic, σὺ γάρ νιν εἷσας ἐς τόδε for thou didst bring it to this, Soph.; cf. καθίζω. the aor1 mid. εἱσάμην is used in the sense of ἱδρύω, to dedicate temples statues, etc., to gods, Theogn., Hdt.; part. εἱσάμενος Thuc. intr. to sit, sit down, Lat. sedere, Il.; ἵζειν ἐς θρόνον Od.; ἐς θᾶκον Soph.; also, ἐπὶ θρόνου Hom.; ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον Hdt.; ἐπὶ κώπην, of rowers, Ar.:—c. acc. loci, ἵζειν θρόνον Aesch.; βωμόν Eur. to sit still, be quiet, Hhymn. Pass. also in signf. II, to sit, πάροιθʼ ἵζευ ἐμεῖο sit down before me, Il.: to lie in ambush, Il.: of an army, to sit down, take up a position, ἵζεσθαι ἀντίοι τινί Hdt.; ἵζεσθαι ἐν τῶι Τηυγέτωι or ἐς τὸ Τηύγετον Hdt.