καθεσθήσομαι

κατά-ἕζομαι

seat oneself: fut ind pass 1st sg (epic)

καθέζομαι (v. infr.), [tense] impf. ἐκαθεζόμην in Prose, X.An.1.5.9, Cyr.5.3.25 (but freq. as [tense] aor. 2, And.1.44, Th.4.110, Pl.Euthd. 272e); in Poets,

A

καθεζόμην Od.9.417

, A.Eu.6, Ar.Lys. 1139: [tense] fut.

καθεδοῦμαι Id.Ra. 200

, Av. 727 (anap.), And.1.111, Pl.Tht. 146a, D.5.15; later

καθεδήσομαι D.L.2.72

,

καθεσθήσομαι LXX Le.12.5

: [tense] aor.

καθεσθείς AP9.644.5

(Agath.), Paus.9.3.4, Charito 3.2, but v. Luc.Sol.11 ( καθίζομαι, [voice] Pass. of καθίζω, which supplies the trans. sense, is more common in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., but we have

κατ' ἄρ' ἕζεαι Od.10.378

,

καθεζόμεσθα E.Heracl. 33

,

καθέζονται Lys.13.37

, etc.):—sit down, take one's seat,

ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες Od.1.372

;

εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο 9.417

, cf. Il.24.126, etc.; κατ' ἄρ' ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου ib. 522;

κατ' ἄρ' ἕζετ' ἐπὶ.. λίθοισιν Od.3.406

; καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (v. πρόχνυ); so

κ. ἐν.. εὐνατηρίοις S. Tr. 918

;

ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς E.Ph.75

;

ἐς θρόνον A.Pr. 231

; preside, Lys. l.c., Aeschin.3.73;

ἐνθαδί Ar.Ra. 200

; οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ' ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats, Aeschin.3.3: Medic., Hp.Epid.7.3.

2 sit down in, occupy, a country, encamp, Th.2.18, 7.77; settle,

εἰς χώραν OGI201.13

(Nubia, vi A.D.).

II remain seated, in various senses:

1 sit still, with collat. notion of inaction, τίφθ' οὕτως κατ' ἄρ' ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδῳ; Od.10.378, cf.6.295.

2 sit as suppliants,

ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι E.Heracl.

l.c.;

πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων Th.3.70

, cf. Ar.Lys. 1139, D.18.107.

3 sit for one's portrait, Porph.Plot.1.

4 of a teacher,

πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων Ev.Matt.26.55

.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `sit (down)' (Il.)

Other forms: fut. καθεδοῦμαι (Att.), later καθεσθήσομαι (LXX), καθεδήσομαι (D. L.); aor. καθεσθῆναι (Paus.); - other presents ἵζω, ἱζάνω (Schwyzer 700) `make sit, set', with ἵζησα, ἵζηκα (late.), with prefix καθ-ίζω (Il.), Ion. κατ-ίζω, καθ-ιζάνω, Aeol. κατ-ισδάνω `set down, sit down', med. καθ-ίζομαι `sit down', with fut. καθιῶ (D.), καθίσω (hell.), κατίσω (Ion.), καθιξῶ (Dor.), med. καθιζήσομαι (Att.), καθιοῦμαι (LXX), καθίσομαι (NT., Plu.); aor. καθίσ(σ)αι, καθίσ(σ)ασθαι (X., in Hom. wrong for καθέσ(σ)αι, s. below), κατίσαι (Hdt., for κατέσαι), καθίξαι (Dor.), καθιζῆσαι (late.); late perf. κεκάθικα, late aor. ptc. pass. καθιζηθείς. - Beside these present forms and the aorists there is a sigmatic aorist εἷσα `I set', inf. ἕσ(σ)αι, med. εἱσάμην, ἕσ(σ)ασθαι, καθ-εῖσα, καθ-έσ(σ)αι (thus also in Hom. to be read for καθίσ(σ)αι; and also κατέσαι for κατίσαι in Hdt.); here fut. καθέσω (Eup.); see Wackernagel Unt. 63ff.

Compounds: With terminative prefix (s. Brunel Aspect verbal 83ff., 257ff.) καθ-έζομαι (Il.) `sit (down)' - Often with prefix: ἀνα-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, συν- etc.; also to καθέζομαι, καθίζω which are considered as simplices (s. Schwyzer 656, Schwyzer-Debrunner 429). - ἕδος s-stem (s. εὐρυόδεια s.v.). The verbal nouns are largely independent, s. ἕδρα, ἑδώλια, ἑλλά; also ἔδαφος and ἔδεθλον; ἕσμα `stalk, pedicle' (Arist.) \< * sed-sm-, cf. ὄζος. Cf. also ἱδρύω.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [884] * sed- `sit down'

Etymology: Both ἕζομαι and ἵζω are IE formations, ἕζομαι a thematic jotpresent *sed-i̯o-(mai), also found in Germ., e. g. ONo. sitia, OS sittian, OHG sizzen ` sitzen', ἵζω a redupl. * si-zd-ō (\< * si-sd-ō) = Lat. sīdō, Umbr. sistu ` sidito', Skt. sī́dati. As the preterite ἑζόμην in Homer is often an aorist, it is perh. a redupl. aorist * se-zd- (cf. Av. opt. ha-zd-yā-t_); it could even be an augmented zero grade * e-zd- (with secondary aspiration). A present is in Homer only ἕζεαι (κ 378). Cf. Schwyzer 652 n. 5 and 716 n. 3, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 336. - The aorist εἷσα, ἕσ(σ)αι from IE *e-sed-s-m̥ (with sec. aspiration), * sed-sai agrees with Skt. subj. ní... ṣát-s-a-t `er möge sich niederlassen' (RV 10, 53, 1). - Further, e. g. Lat. sedēre, sēdāre, OCS sěděti, s. the etym. dict. - As perfect indicating a present to ( καθ-)ἕζομαι, ( καθ-)ἵζω functions ἧμαι, κάθ-ημαι (s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 258).

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καθέζομαι (s. καθέδρα) impf. ἐκαθεζόμην; fut. καθεδοῦμαι and καθεσθήσομαι, 2 pl. καθεσθήσεσθε Mt 19:28 v.l. (s. κάθημαι, καθίζω); aor. ἐκαθέσθην (TestAbr A 5 p. 81, 31 [Stone p. 10]; AcPl Ha 4, 18); impv. 2 sg. καθέσθητι (TestSol 13:2); inf. καθεσθῆναι (Just., D. 83, 1) (Hom.+). In our lit., at least quite predom., it means

① to be in a seated position, sit (as Lysias 13, 37; Epict. 1, 29, 55; 3, 24, 18; Paus. 10, 5, 2; Vett. Val. 78, 24; OGI 201, 13; LXX; TestSol; Jos., Bell. 5, 73, Ant. 12, 171; Just., D. 90, 5 ἐπὶ λίθου) ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ of teachers Mt 26:55. Of pupils Lk 2:46. ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ in the council Ac 6:15. ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος 20:9 (Ael. Aristid. 47, 23 K.=23 p. 451 D.: κ. ἐπὶ βήματος). ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ 3:10 D. ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ sit, remain at home J 11:20. Abs. sit there 20:12. The more general be, be situated is also poss. in some pass. (Paus. Attic. ς, 8 ἐν νησίῳ καθεζόμεναι=stay; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Σκίρος: ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ; Biogr. p. 265; Lev 12:5; Jos., Ant. 6, 32, Vi. 286; Just., D. 49, 3; 51, 2 al.).

② to take a seated position, sit down (Hom., Trag. et al.; Jos., Vi. 222; SibOr 5, 460; TestSol 13:2; 18:24; TestJob 51:3; Just., D. 107, 3.—The impf. w. aor. nuance: ‘I sat down’; B-D-F §101; s. Rob. 837ff; 882f) ἐκαθέζετο αὐτὴ ἐκ δεξιῶν she herself sat down at the right Hv 3, 2, 4. εἰς καθέδραν on a chair 3, 11, 4. Ἰησοῦς ἐκαθέζετο οὔτως ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ Jesus sat down, just as he was, by the well J 4:6 (on the word and the idea s. Jos., Ant. 2, 257f and Marinus, Vi. Procli 10 Boiss. As early as Demosth. 21, 119 οὑτωσὶ καθεζόμενος). Cp. also 6:3 v.l.; Lk 22:30 D. ὡς … ἐκαθέσθη as (Jerome) sat down AcPl Ha 4, 18f.—DELG s.v. ἕζομαι B2. M-M. TW.