καθήκω Ionic κατ-ήκω fut. -ήξω to have come or gone down, esp. to fight, Aesch. to come down to, come or reach to, Hdt. to have come to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking came to us, Aeschin. of Time, ὁ χρόνος καθήκει the time is come, Xen.; ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when [the time] appointed by the law comes, Dem. to be meet, fit, proper, τοῦ καθήκοντος χρόνου Soph.; αἱ καθ. ἡμέραι the regular, proper days, Dem. impers., καθήκει μοι it belongs to me, beseems me, c. inf., οἷς καθήκει ἀθροίζεσθαι whose duty it is to assemble, Xen.:—in part., τὸ καθῆκον, τὰ καθήκοντα, Ionic τὰ κατήκοντα, that which is meet, fit or proper, oneʼs due or duty, Hdt., Xen.; also the present state of things, circumstances, Hdt.