A.“κάτ-” Hdt.3.134) X.Cyr.3.1.6, prob.in Call.Sos.vi4, “κάθῃ” Hyp.Fr.115, Act.Ap.23.3, dub.l.in Com.Adesp.1203, (προ-) Them.Or.13.171a codd.; 3sg. “κάθηται” Ar.Lys. 597, Pl.Ap.35c, D.9.70, SIG987.26 (Chios, iv B.C.); Ion. 3pl. “κατέαται” Hdt.2.86; imper. “κάθησο” Il.2.191, E.IA627; “κάθου” Ar.Fr.620, Anaxandr.13, Men.1017, Alex.224; κάθουσο Sch.Theoc.11.42; 3sg. “καθήσθω” A.Pr.916; 3pl. “καθήσθωσαν” IG9(2).1109.38 (Thess.); subj. “καθῶμαι, κάθῃ” Cratin.277, “καθῆται” Ar.Eq.754; opt.“καθοίμην” Id.Ra.919, prob.in Id.Lys.149; inf.καθῆσθαι; part.καθήμενος: impf.“ἐκαθήμην” Ar. Ec.152, D.48.31, etc., “ἐκάθητο” h.Bacch.14, Ar.Av.510, Th.5.6, “ἐκάθησθε” Ar.Ach.638, ἐκάθηντο, 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; Ion. “κατῆστο” Hdt.1.46, “καθῆσθε” D. 25.21 (with vv. ll.), “καθῆντο” Ar.Ec.302, v.l. in Th.5.58; Ep. “καθήατο” Il.11.76; Ion. “κατέατο” Hdt.3.144, 8.73, 9.90（v.l. καθ-): the later fut. “καθήσομαι” LXXLe.8.35, Ev.Luc.22.30 is corrupt in E.Fr.960:—to be seated, sit, “αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς” Il.2.191; “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; “ἐχθρῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων” E.Ph.752.
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.
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.
