καθίημι Ionic κατ- fut. καθήσω aor1 καθῆκα Epic καθέηκα perf. καθεῖκα to send down, let fall, Lat. demittere, Hom., etc.; ἱστία ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν (1st pl. aor2) we let down, lowered the sails, Od.; κ. ἄγκυραν Hdt.; κ. καταπειρητηρίην to let down a sounding-line, Hdt.; καθιέναι to sound, Plat.; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying down, Plat.; κ. δόρυ to let down oneʼs pike, bring it to the rest, Xen.; κ. τὰς κώπας to let down the oars, so as to stop the shipʼs way, Thuc.:—rarely of striking, διʼ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος Eur.; γόνυ καθεῖσαν sank on their knee, Eur.:— Pass. to come down, of a cowʼs udder, Hdt.; καθεῖτο τὰ τείχη the walls were carried down to the water, Thuc. to send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη Thuc.; τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε has entered this plea, Dem. to set at, Lat. immittere, Luc.:—Pass. to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt. seemingly intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν) , to swoop down like a wind, Ar.; of rivers, to run down, Plat.; κ. εἰς γόνυ to sink on the knee, Plut.