A.come or go down, esp. to fight, A. Ch.455 (lyr.).
2. come down to, reach to, “ἐς θάλασσαν” Hdt.7.22, 130; ἐπὶ θάλ. Id.2.32, 5.49, Th.2.27; “πρὸς τὸν Μηλιακὸν κόλπον” Id.3.96; κέρκος . . εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα tapering away, Arist.HA503a20: metaph., of descent, ὃ [γένος] εἰς αὐτὸν κ. Arr.An.1.11.8.
3. come in due course to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking came to us, Aeschin.2.25; “παρὰ τετάρτην ἡμέραν ἑκάστῃ σημαίᾳ καθήκειν τὴν λειτουργίαν” Plb.6.33.9, cf. PCair.Zen.218.24 (iii B.C.); “τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν” Plu.Alc.2; “ἐν τῷ ξυμποσίῳ . . ἐπὶ τὸν Θεσμόπολιν καθῆκε τὸ σκῶμμα” Luc.Merc.Cond.34.
4. of Time, “ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος” X.HG4.7.2; “ὅταν οἱ Χρόνοι καθήκωσι” Arist. HA591a8; “πρότερον ἢ τὴν ὥραν καθήκειν” PRev.Laws41.14 (iii B.C.); in part., τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνου the normal time, S.OT75, D.4.35, cf. Aeschin.3.126; αἱ κ. ἡμέραι the regular, proper days, D.59.80; “ἐν τῇ κ. ὥρᾳ” Arist.HA568a17; ἐν τοῖς κ. καιροῖς ib.573a30; of events, ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσης as the festival fell on those days, Plu.Fab.18, cf. Plb.4.7.1; ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when it is legally due, D.19.185; <*>ἡ κ. σύνοδος or ἐκκλησία, Plb.4.14.1, 1.15.8, etc.
II. to be meet, fit, proper, τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] Arist.Pol.1325a13; τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς suiting them, Plb.3.78.3; ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός a quorum, D.C.39.30; also “καθῆκόν ἐστιν αὐτὸν ἐπαινεῖσθαι” Inscr.Prien.114.32 (i B.C.).
2. impers., καθήκει μοι it belongs to me, is my duty, c. inf., “οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι” X.An.1.9.7, cf. Cyr.8.1.4, etc.: in later writers, impf. καθῆκε in pres. sense, it is meet, proper, οὐδ᾽ ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινων Aristeas 149; “οὐ κ. αὐτὸν ζῆν” Act.Ap.22.22: freq. in part., τὰ καθήκοντα one's due or duty, X.Cyr.1.2.5; “τὰ κατήκοντα Σπαρτιήτῃσι” Hdt.7.104; ποιεῖν τὸ κ. Men.575: esp. in Stoic philos. (from signf.1.3 acc. to D.L.7.108, cf. “κατά” B.1.3), περὶ τοῦ κ., title of work by Zeno, cf. Stoic.1.55, etc.: freq. in pl., ib.3.30, etc.; μὴ κ. unbecoming, Ep.Rom.1.28.
b. τὰ καθήκοντα the payments due, UPZ42.15 (ii B.C.); τὴν -ουσαν ἡμῖν δίδοσθαι σύνταξιν τῶν δεόντων ib.6.