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κάθημαι , Ion. κάτ- , 2sg. κάθησαι (Ion.
A.κάτ-Hdt.3.134) X.Cyr.3.1.6, prob.in Call.Sos.vi4, “κάθῃHyp.Fr.115, Act.Ap.23.3, dub.l.in Com.Adesp.1203, (προ-) Them.Or.13.171a codd.; 3sg. “κάθηταιAr.Lys. 597, Pl.Ap.35c, D.9.70, SIG987.26 (Chios, iv B.C.); Ion. 3pl. “κατέαταιHdt.2.86; imper. “κάθησοIl.2.191, E.IA627; “κάθουAr.Fr.620, Anaxandr.13, Men.1017, Alex.224; κάθουσο Sch.Theoc.11.42; 3sg. “καθήσθωA.Pr.916; 3pl. “καθήσθωσανIG9(2).1109.38 (Thess.); subj. “καθῶμαι, κάθῃCratin.277, “καθῆταιAr.Eq.754; opt.“καθοίμηνId.Ra.919, prob.in Id.Lys.149; inf.καθῆσθαι; part.καθήμενος: impf.“ἐκαθήμηνAr. Ec.152, D.48.31, etc., “ἐκάθητοh.Bacch.14, Ar.Av.510, Th.5.6, “ἐκάθησθεAr.Ach.638, ἐκάθηντο, Ion. ἐκατέατο v.l. in Hdt.3.144, 8.73; also without syll. augm.“καθῆστοIl.1.569, E.Ba.1102, Ph.1467, Pl.R.328c, Is.6.19, “καθῆτοD.18.169,217; Ion. “κατῆστοHdt.1.46, “καθῆσθεD. 25.21 (with vv. ll.), “καθῆντοAr.Ec.302, v.l. in Th.5.58; Ep. “καθήατοIl.11.76; Ion. “κατέατοHdt.3.144, 8.73, 9.90(v.l. καθ-): the later fut. “καθήσομαιLXXLe.8.35, Ev.Luc.22.30 is corrupt in E.Fr.960:—to be seated, sit, “αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούςIl.2.191; “κάθησ᾽ ἑδραίαE.Andr.266: freq. in part., “πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενοςIl.16.407; ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. Od.5.82; “κ. οἶος ἐν ἼδῃIl.8.207; ἐν ἀγῶνι κ. 23.448; κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. Od.10.497; θύρῃσι κ. 17.530; “ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραιςAr.Nu.466; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, Od.21.420; “καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγωνS.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 τάφῳId.Hel.1084; “πρὸς τὸ πῦρAr.V.773; “ἐπὶ δίφρουPl.R.328c; “ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππωνX.Cyr.4.5.54; “ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματοςAct.Ap.8.28; “ἐς τοὐργαστήριονAlciphr.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 καθημένουςAr.Nu.208; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, Th. 5.85; “οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. δικαστήςPl.Ap.35c; “κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμωνD.58.25; of the βουλή, And.1.43; “βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένηςD.21.116; of an assembly, X.An.5.10.5; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, Hegesipp. 1.29.
4. reside in a place, LXXNe.11.6; “λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳEv.Matt.4.16; settle, “εἰς ΣινώπηνMuson.Fr. 9p.43H.
6. sit as a suppliant, “ἐν ΔελφοῖσιHdt.5.63, cf. Orac.ib. 7.140.
7. of districts and countries, lie, “Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμεναThphr.HP8.8.7.
b. to be low-lying, “τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμεναAel.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 καθημένοιςTelecl.32, cf. Pherecr.108.17; “τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιονArist.Mech.851a4, cf. ib.13.
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