seat oneself, sit
ἕζομαι, imper.
A.
ἕζευ
Il. 24.522
:impf.andaor. 2 ἑζόμην:aor. 1
Pass.
ἕσθην, onlyἦ 'σθῶ; S. OC 195 (s.v.l.):—seat oneself, sit, in Hom. onlypres.andimpf., εἰνὶ θρόνῳ
Il. 15.150
; ἐς θρόνους
Od. 4.51
; ἐπὶ δίφρῳ
Il. 6.354
; κατὰ κλισμούς
Od. 3.389
; ποτὶ βωμόν
22.379
; ἐπὶ βάθρον
S. OC 100
, cf. Ar. Ra. 682 (s. v.l.); ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα
Mimn. 9
; ἀμφὶ κλάδοις
E. Ph. 1516
(anap.): c. acc. only, τόδ' ἕζετο μαντεῖον
A. Eu. 3
; εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον
S. Aj. 249
(lyr.);ἐπὶ χθονὶ . . ἑζέσυηνtheysankto the earth, of a pair of scales, Il. 8.74 ; once in Hdt. , ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε
8.22
, and in late Prose, J. AJ 18.6.6 , Luc. Syr. D. 31 , Astr. 10 ; in Att. Proseκαθέζομαιwas always used.
2. crouch, in a posture of defence, Il. 22.275 , Od. 14.31 .
3. sinkto the ground,collapse, Il. 13.653 , 14.495 .
II.
Act. ,ἕζω set, place, is not found: forεἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι, v. ἵζω . (Cf.ἕδος.)
