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121 πεντώβολος
A of or worth five obols, π. ἡλιάσασθαι to sit in the Heliaea at five obols a day, Ar. Eq. 798 ; τόκος π. IG 11(2).146 B 17 (Delos, iv/iii B. C.) ; δραχμᾶν δύο πεντωβόλου ib.42(1).109 ii 123 (Epid.) ; κυλίκιον τοῦ πεντωβόλου a cup of five-obol wine, Lyc. Fr. 2.2.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πεντώβολος
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122 ὀβολός
ὀβολός, ὁ,A obol, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = 1/6 of a δραχμή, rather more than three halfpence, IG12.140.5, al., freq. in Ar., Nu. 118, al. ; πολὺ or μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ. a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e. worthless or valuable, Antiph.135, Eup.185, cf. Ar.Eq. 945 ; ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν 'to sit in the cheap seats', D.18.28.II as a weight, Gal.13.295, etc. (ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός are different dialect forms of a word for 'spit' or 'nail', nails being used in early times as money, six of them making a handful ([etym.] δραχμή), cf. Plu.Lys.17.) -
123 παρείσ'
παρεῖσα, παρέζομαιsit beside: aor ind act 1st sg (epic)παρεῖσο, παρέζομαιsit beside: plup ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρέζομαιsit beside: perf imperat mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσε, παρέζομαιsit beside: aor ind act 3rd sg (epic)παρεῖσαι, παρέζομαιsit beside: perf ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσα, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act fem nom /voc sgπαρεῖσι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act masc /neut dat plπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor ind mid 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: plup ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: perf imperat mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσαι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act fem nom /voc plπαρεῖσαι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: perf ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσα, παρίζωsit beside: aor ind act 1st sgπαρεῖσε, παρίζωsit beside: aor ind act 3rd sgπαρεῖσαι, παρίζωsit beside: aor inf actπαρεῖσα, πείρωpierce: aor part pass fem nom /voc sgπαρεῖσι, πείρωpierce: aor part pass masc /neut dat plπαρεῖσαι, πείρωpierce: aor part pass fem nom /voc plπᾱρεῖσι, πῆροςloss of strength: neut dat pl (attic epic aeolic) -
124 παρεῖσ'
παρεῖσα, παρέζομαιsit beside: aor ind act 1st sg (epic)παρεῖσο, παρέζομαιsit beside: plup ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρέζομαιsit beside: perf imperat mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσε, παρέζομαιsit beside: aor ind act 3rd sg (epic)παρεῖσαι, παρέζομαιsit beside: perf ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσα, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act fem nom /voc sgπαρεῖσι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act masc /neut dat plπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor ind mid 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: plup ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσο, παρίημιlet fall at the side: perf imperat mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσαι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: aor part act fem nom /voc plπαρεῖσαι, παρίημιlet fall at the side: perf ind mp 2nd sgπαρεῖσα, παρίζωsit beside: aor ind act 1st sgπαρεῖσε, παρίζωsit beside: aor ind act 3rd sgπαρεῖσαι, παρίζωsit beside: aor inf actπαρεῖσα, πείρωpierce: aor part pass fem nom /voc sgπαρεῖσι, πείρωpierce: aor part pass masc /neut dat plπαρεῖσαι, πείρωpierce: aor part pass fem nom /voc plπᾱρεῖσι, πῆροςloss of strength: neut dat pl (attic epic aeolic) -
125 καθίζω
καθίζω (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; pseudepigr.; Joseph.; Just. [only in paraphrases]; Tat. 23, 1) fut. καθίσω Mt 25:31 and καθιῶ Is 47:8; 1 aor. ἐκάθισα, impv. κάθισον Mk 12:36 v.l.; pf. 3 sg. κεκάθικεν (B-D-F §101; W-S. §14, 2, 15; Rob. 1216) Hb 12:2, 1 pl. κεκαθίκαμεν Hs 9, 5, 6; mid. fut. καθίσομαι and καθιοῦμαι Hv 3, 1, 9.① to cause to sit down, seat, set, trans. καθίσας ἐν δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ (God) had (him) sit at his right hand Eph 1:20. God swore to David ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ to set one of his descendants upon his throne Ac 2:30 (cp. 2 Ch 23:20). ἐκάθισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ καθέδραν κρίσεως they seated him on the judge’s chair GPt 3:7 (αὐτὸν ἐκάθισαν ἐπὶ βήματος Just., A I, 35, 6). J 19:13 is probably to be understood in this sense, since the trial is evidently in progress (cp. Dio Chrys. 4, 67; Loisy; PCorssen, ZNW 15, 1914, 339f; IdelaPotterie, Biblica 41, ’60, 217–47; s. CBQ 25, ’63, 124–26); but also s. 3 below. ἐκάθισέ με ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὸ̓ρους Hs 9, 1, 4. On an ass ἐκάθισεν αὐτήν GJs 17:2; ὄνῳ καθίσαντες αὐτόν MPol 8:1. ἐκάθισεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τρίτου βαθμοῦ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου on the third step of the altar GJs 7:3.② to put in charge of someth., appoint, install, authorize, trans., fig. ext. of 1 (Pla., Leg. 9, 873e δικαστήν; Polyb. 40, 5, 3; Jos., Ant. 20, 200 καθίζει συνέδριον κριτῶν, Vi. 368; POxy 1469, 7) τοὺς ἐξουθενημένους ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καθίζετε; do you appoint as judges persons who have no standing in the church? 1 Cor 6:4 (on καθ.=‘appoint as judge’ cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 75).③ to take a seated position, sit down, intr. (Hdt., Thu., ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr.) abs. (Diod S 8, 10, 4; Polyaenus 2, 21; Just., A I, 32, 6) Mt 5:1; 13:48; Mk 9:35; Lk 4:20; 5:3; 7:15 v.l.; 14:28, 31; 16:6; J 8:2; Ac 13:14; 16:13; Hv 1, 2, 2. W. inf. foll. ἐκάθισεν φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν 1 Cor 10:7 (Ex 32:6). W. an adv. of place ὧδε (Sb 4117, 5; Ruth 4:1, 2; 4 Km 7:4) Mk 14:32 (perh. stay here; Hv 3, 1, 8). αὐτοῦ here (Gen 22:5) Mt 26:36. W. prep. εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ in the temple of God (PSI 502, 21 [III B.C.] καθίσαντες εἰς τὸ ἱερόν) 2 Th 2:4. εἰς τὴν κλίνην on the bed (cp. Dicaearchus, Fgm. 20 W. εἰς θρόνον) Hv 5:1 (on sitting down after prayer cp. the Pythagorean precept: Philosoph. Max. 508, 60 καθῆσθαι προσκυνήσαντες=after prayer we should sit down. Similarly Numa: Plut., Numa 14, 7.—HLewy, Philol. 84, 1929, 378–80). εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦ ἀγγέλου Hs 8, 4, 1. εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος AcPl Ha 2, 20. ἐκ δεξιῶν τινος at someone’s right Mt 20:21, 23; Mk 10:37, 40; 12:36 v.l.; 16:19; Hv 3, 2, 2. Also ἐν δεξιᾷ τινος Hb 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2. ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ μου on my throne Rv 3:21ab (Hdt. 5, 25 ἐν τῷ κατίζων θρόνῳ). ἐπί τινος (3 Km 2:12 al. ἐπὶ θρόνου; Diod S 1, 92, 2; 17, 116, 3 ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου=sat down on; Jos., Ant. 8, 344) Mt 19:28a; 25:31; ἐπὶ τῆς καθέδρας 23:2 (B-D-F §342, 1; cp. Rob. 837). ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ (τοῦ θ. codd.) GJs 11:1. ἐπί τι (Thu. 1, 126, 10; Aesop, Fab. 393 H.; AscIs 3:17) θρόνους Rv 20:4 (cp. 3 Km 1:46; 2 Ch 6:10); ἐπὶ καθέδραν B 10:10 (Ps 1:1); on an animal (TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 25 [Stone p. 60] ἐπὶ κτῆνος; Achilles Tat. 1, 12, 2 ἐπὶ τ. ἵππον) Mk 11:2, 7; Lk 19:30; J 12:14. Of the Holy Spirit as a flame of fire ἐκάθισεν ἐφʼ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν it rested upon each one of them Ac 2:3; κατέναντί τινος opposite someth. Mk 12:41. σύν τινι sit down w. someone Ac 8:31. Esp. of a judge (Pla., Leg. 2 p. 659b; Ps 9:5) κ. ἐπὶ (τοῦ) βήματος sit down in the judge’s seat to open the trial (Jos., Bell. 2, 172 ὁ Πιλᾶτος καθίσας ἐπὶ βήματος, Ant. 20, 130) J 19:13 (JBlinzler, Der Prozess Jesu3 ’60, 257–62; s. 1 above); Ac 12:21; 25:6, 17.—Under a tree GJs 2:4.—Mid. sit down (Pla. et al.; 3 Km 1:13; Da 7:26 [LXX]; Just., D. 109, 3 [for ἀναπαύσεται Mi 4:4]) Mt 19:28b v.l.; J 6:3 v.l.; s. καθέζομαι and κάθημαι.④ to be or remain in a place, intr. reside, settle, stay, live (Thu. 3, 107, 1; 4, 93, 1) ἐν τῇ πόλει Lk 24:49 (cp. 1 Ch 19:5; 2 Esdr 21 [Neh 11]: 1f; Jos., Bell. 1, 46, Ant. 18, 86; SIG 685, 28 ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ). W. acc. of time Ac 18:11.—DELG s.v. ἕζομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
126 κάθημαι
Aκάτ- Hdt.3.134
) X.Cyr.3.1.6, prob.in Call.Sos. vi4, , Act.Ap.23.3, dub.l.in Com.Adesp.1203, ([etym.] προ-) Them.Or.13.171a codd.; [ per.] 3sg. , Pl.Ap. 35c, D.9.70, SIG987.26 (Chios, iv B.C.); [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.κατέαται Hdt.2.86
; imper.κάθησο Il.2.191
, E.IA 627; , Anaxandr.13, Men.1017, Alex.224; κάθουσο Sch.Theoc.11.42; [ per.] 3sg. ; [ per.] 3pl.καθήσθωσαν IG9(2).1109.38
(Thess.); subj.καθῶμαι, κάθῃ Cratin.277
, ; opt., prob.in Id.Lys. 149; inf. καθῆσθαι; part. καθήμενος: [tense] impf., D.48.31, etc.,ἐκάθητο h.Bacch.14
, Ar.Av. 510, Th.5.6, , ἐκάθηντο, [dialect] Ion. ἐκατέατο v.l. in Hdt.3.144, 8.73; also without syll. augm.καθῆστο Il.1.569
, E.Ba. 1102, Ph. 1467, Pl.R. 328c, Is.6.19,καθῆτο D.18.169
,217; [dialect] Ion.κατῆστο Hdt.1.46
,καθῆσθε D. 25.21
(with vv. ll.), , v.l. in Th.5.58; [dialect] Ep.καθήατο Il.11.76
; [dialect] Ion.κατέατο Hdt.3.144
, 8.73, 9.90 (v.l. καθ-): the later [tense] fut. , Ev.Luc.22.30 is corrupt in E.Fr. 960:—to be seated, sit, ;κάθησ' ἑδραία E.Andr. 266
: freq. in part.,πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος Il.16.407
; ἐπ' ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. Od.5.82;κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ Il.8.207
; ἐν ἀγῶνι κ. 23.448; κλαῖον δ' ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. Od.10.497; θύρῃσι κ. 17.530;ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις Ar.Nu. 466
; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, Od.21.420;καθήμεθ' ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων S.Ant. 411
; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, Hdt.3.83, cf. 4.118,8.73; ἐν θρόνῳ κ. Id.2.149; θρόνῳ κ. E.El. 315;κ. πρὸς τάφῳ Id.Hel. 1084
;πρὸς τὸ πῦρ Ar.V. 773
;ἐπὶ δίφρου Pl.R. 328c
;ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων X.Cyr.4.5.54
;ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος Act.Ap.8.28
;ἐς τοὐργαστήριον Alciphr.3.27
: c. acc. cogn., ἕδραν κ. E.Heracl.55: c. acc. loci, sit on, ὀφρύην ib. 394.2 esp. of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, And.1.139, D.6.3, etc.;δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους Ar.Nu. 208
; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, Th. 5.85;οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής Pl.Ap. 35c
;κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων D.58.25
; of the βουλή, And.1.43;βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης D.21.116
; of an assembly, X.An.5.10.5; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, Hegesipp. 1.29.3 sit still, sit quiet,ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω Od. 16.264
; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) Il.11.76;ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο Hdt.1.46
; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, S.Fr. 479.3: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, Il.24.403, Hdt. 3.134; of an army, Id.9.56, Th.4.124; of a boat's crew, PCair.Zen. 107.6 (iii B.C.);οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί D.11.17
, cf. 2.23, S.Fr.142.20, etc.; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped,περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς Th.2.20
, cf. 101; .4 reside in a place, LXXNe.11.6;λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ Ev.Matt.4.16
; settle,εἰς Σινώπην Muson.Fr. 9p.43H.
5 lead a sedentary, obscure life,ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος Pi. O.1.83
;ἔσω καθημένη A.Ch. 919
; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [ τέχναι]ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι X.Oec.4.2
; to be engaged or employed, esp. in a sedentary business,ἐπ' αὐτῷ τούτῳ Hdt.2.86
; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, D.49.42, cf. 45.33;ἐπ' ἐργαστηρίου Id.59.67
;ἐπὶ τοῦ.. ἰατρείου Aeschin.1.40
; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opp. ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ, Muson.Fr.11p.59H.7 of districts and countries, lie,Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα Thphr.HP8.8.7
.b to be low-lying,τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα Ael.VH 3.1
, cf. NA16.12; πεδίον κ. Him.Or.14.17; πόπανον.. κ. δωδεκόμφαλον prob. flat in the middle, IG22.1367.8 of a statue, to be placed, Pl.Smp. 215b, Arist.Pol. 1315b21.9 of things, to be set or placed,λαγῴοις ἐπ' ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις Telecl.32
, cf. Pherecr.108.17;τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιον Arist.Mech. 851a4
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127 ἕζομαι
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.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).Page in Frisk: 1,445-446Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἕζομαι
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128 καθέζομαι
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 means① 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.
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