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ἕζομαι Root ΕΔ

I.to seat oneself, sit, ἐν λέκτρωι, ἐπὶ δίφρωι, κατὰ κλισμούς Hom.; ἐπὶ χθονὶ ἑζέσθην they sank to the earth, of a pair of scales, Il.:—cf καθέζομαι.
II.there is no act. pres., ἕζω, to set, place; though, as if from it, we have trans. tenses εἷσα, mid. εἱσάμην, fut. mid. εἵσομαι, perf. pass. εἷμαι; v. εἷσα.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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