καθίζω Ionic κατ- imperf. καθῖζον or κάθιζον Attic ἐκάθιζον fut. Attic καθιῶ Doric καθιξῶ aor1 ἐκάθισα Epic κάθισα Attic aor1 καθῖσα Ionic κατῖσα Epic part. καθίσσας Doric καθίξας aor1 καθεῖσα aor1 -θεσσα Mid., imperf. ἐκαθιζόμην fut. καθιζήσομαι later καθίσομαι aor1 ἐκαθισάμην Causal, to make to sit down, seat, Il., Hdt.; καθίσαι τινὰ εἰς θρόνον Xen. to set or place, Hom.; καθίσαι στρατόν to encamp it, Eur., Thuc. to set or place for any purpose, post, Od.; καθίσαι φυλάκους, φύλακας to set guards, Hdt., Xen. to set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν Pind. to make an assembly take their seats, Od.; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον to hold the court, Ar. to put into a certain condition, κλαίοντά τινα κ. to set him a-weeping, Plat.; also, κλαίειν τινὰ κ. to make him weep, Xen. intr., like καθέζομαι, to sit down, be seated, take oneʼs seat, sit, Hom., etc.:—c. acc., καθ. τρίποδα, βωμόν, (as we say "to sit a horse"), Eur. to sit at meals, Lat. discumbere, Xen. to sit as judge, Hdt., Dem. to sit down in a country, encamp, Thuc. to settle, sink in, Plat. the Mid. is also used in intr. sense, Il., Theocr., etc.; καθίζεσθαι to take their seats (in the theatre), Dem.