[*] 790. In place of ἧμαι we find usually κάθ-ημαι in Attic prose and comedy. κάθημαι sometimes is perfect in meaning (I have sat, I have been seated). The ς of the verb-stem does not appear except before -το.
PRESENT | IMPERFECT | ||||
Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative | Indicative | |
S. 1 κάθημαι | καθῶμαι | καθοίμην | ἐκαθήμην (450) | or καθήμην | |
2 κάθησαι | καθῇ | καθοῖο | κάθησο | ἐκάθησο | καθῆσο |
3 κάθηται | καθῆται | καθοῖτο | καθήσθω | ἐκάθητο | καθῆστο or |
καθῆτο | |||||
D. 2 κάθησθον | καθῆσθον | καθοῖσθον | κάθησθον | ἐκάθησθον | καθῆσθον |
3 κάθησθον | καθῆσθον | καθοίσθην | καθήσθων | ἐκαθήσθην | καθήσθην |
P. 1 καθήμεθα | καθώμεθα | καθοίμεθα | ἐκαθήμεθα | καθήμεθα | |
2 κάθησθε | καθῆσθε | καθοῖσθε | κάθησθε | ἐκάθησθε | καθῆσθε |
3 κάθηνται | καθῶνται | καθοῖντο | καθήσθων | ἐκάθηντο | καθῆντο |