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καθίζω,
Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.426, +others; in Prose ἐκάθιζον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.13 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθέσω [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 12.11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθίσω (intransitive) [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.190 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2. 1.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [[ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 10.16 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.389, +others, ] Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive καθέσω [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθέσαι [[ “IG” 22.46 aB*21, 25 (5th-4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry κάθεσσα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31 (ἐγκαθ-, _middle_), “Ph.” 1188, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 4.79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.82, but we also find _Epic dialect_ κάθῐσα, _Ionic dialect_ κάτ- (for which κάθεσα, κάτεσον, etc., should perhaps be restored), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.280 (variant{κάθεσαν}), +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 2.126, καθῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 911, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66 (to be read καθεῖσα), later ἐκάθῐσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544, etc., compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.89 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.488 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθίξας [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.12, ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]subjunctive καθίξῃ[[ [prev. work] 51 ] Refs]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.30, 37.27 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115, NT.Heb.12.2, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 323.23 ] NT+1st c.BC+]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 824, κὰδ.. ἵζ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθιζήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a, “Euthd.” 278b, (προσ-) 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.167, later καθίσομαι NT.Matt.19.28, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.583f,] NT+5th c.BC+] -ιοῦμαι [[LXX.Mal.3.3, +others] LXX]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111; also ἐκαθισάμην “SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, (ἐπ-, παρ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130 codices, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 233, καθισσάμην 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.278, 1219 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.5: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.68; μή με κάθιζ᾽ 6.360; σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; κὰδ δ᾽ εἷσ᾽ ἐν θαλάμῳ 3.382; τὴν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389; κατίσαι τινὰ ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.4; ἐπὶ θρόνον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 set, place, τὸν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.36; κὰδ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν 2.549; Κρόνον.. Ζεὺς γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε 14.204; καθίζειν τινὰ εἰς δόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1541 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 664, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90; κ. τὸ στράτευμα ἐς Χωρίον ἐπιτήδειον [prev. author] 6.66; σύλλογον εἰς Χωρίον κ., Χωρὶς μὲν τοὺς ὁπλίτας, Χωρὶς δὲ τοὺς ἱππέας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.524 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.14; ἄλλους κάτισον ἀγαγὼν κατὰ τὰς.. πύλας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155; κ. ἐνέδραν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 127. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1219. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.4 cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.69 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 305, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13; νομοθέτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, probably in [prev. author] 3.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874a; ἐάν τε Χιλίους ἐάν θ᾽ ὁποσουσοῦν ἡ πόλις καθίσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.223 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298e; βουλὴν ἐπίσκοπον πάντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.15; but [prev. work] 14 κλαίειν τινὰ κ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. to make him weep: for [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.51, see at {ἀκράτιστος}. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.6 marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [[ LXX.Neh.13.27, compare 23. ] LXX]
__II intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.394, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[[ 15.50, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.422 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.9, 7.15; ἐπὶ σκίμποδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 254; ἐπὶ δένδρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614a34 (but κ. ἐπὶ κώπην] Refs 5th c.BC+], of rowers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 197)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.24; εἰς γόνυ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115: in Poets also with _accusative_, κ. τρίποδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 366, “El.” 980 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 48, “Ion” 6, 1317. ] Refs]
__II.2 sit, recline at meals, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 sit as judge, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659b, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.382 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.89, compare “Hermes” 17.5 (from Delos). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 reside, μετά τινος [[ LXX.Ruth.2.23 (3.1)] LXX]; ἐν πόλει[[LXX.Neh.11.1. ] LXX]
__II.5 settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c; καθίσας ὁ φελλὸς ἀνοίξει τὸν κρουνόν 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 of ships, run aground, be stranded, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III middle in intransitive sense, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50 (in tmesi), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.3, etc.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν θᾶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 516e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56 (nisi to be read καθέζεσθαι, as also [prev. work]162, both readings are found [prev. work]119)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 of birds, settle, alight, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.3 leave goods purchased in a market, [[ “SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
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