προ-εγ-κάθ-ημαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `sit'.

Other forms: 3. sg. ἧσται, 3. pl. εἵαται (for ἥαται), ἕαται, ipf. ἥμην (Il.); IA. has κάθ-ημαι ( κάτ-), κάθηται, 3. pl. κάθηνται, κατ-έαται, ipf. ( ἐ-)καθήμην

Compounds: With prefix ἔφ-, rarely ἄφ-, ἔν-, μέθ-, ὕφ-ημαι (Il., Od.). Very often to κάθημαι, because this was seen as simplex, e. g. ἐγ-, ἐπι-, προ-, συγ-κάθημαι (IA).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [342] * h₁eh₁s-? `sit'

Etymology: Old verb for `to sit', also in Indo-Iranian and Hittite (and relared languages): Skt. ā́ste, Av. āste = ἧσται (IE * h₁eh₁s-tai), Skt. ā́sate = ἥαται (IE *ēs-n̥tai; Av. ā̊ŋhǝnte thematic reshaping); with other inflexion Hitt. 3. sg. eša(-ri), 3. pl. ešanta(-ri), Luw. aš-, Hier.-Luw. as-. The spiritus comes from ἕζομαι, ἵζω (diff. Lohmann Gnomon 16, 63; s. also Schwyzer 680 n. 1). On the delimitation of IE ēs- against sed- cf. Porzig Gliederung 91.

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