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|Definition=Ion. [[κάτημαι]], 2sg. [[κάθησαι]] (Ion.<br><span class="bld">A</span> κάτ- Hdt.3.134) [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.1.6, prob.in Call.''Sos.''vi4, κάθῃ Hyp.''Fr.''115, ''Act.Ap.''23.3, dub.l.in ''Com.Adesp.''1203, ([[προκάθημαι]]) Them.''Or.''13.171a codd.; 3sg. κάθηται Ar.''Lys.'' 597, Pl.''Ap.''35c, D.9.70, ''SIG''987.26 (Chios, iv B.C.); Ion. 3pl. κατέαται Hdt.2.86; imper. κάθησο Il.2.191, E.''IA''627; κάθου Ar.''Fr.''620, Anaxandr.13, Men.1017, Alex.224; [[κάθουσο]] Sch.Theoc.11.42; 3sg. καθήσθω A.''Pr.''916; 3pl. καθήσθωσαν ''IG''9(2).1109.38 (Thess.); subj. καθῶμαι, κάθῃ Cratin.277, καθῆται [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''638, [[ἐκάθηντο]], Ion. [[ἐκατέατο]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hdt.3.144, 8.73; also without [[syllable]] 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 [[variae lectiones|vv.ll.]]), καθῆντο Ar.''Ec.''302, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Th.5.58; Ep. [[καθήατο]] Il.11.76; Ion. [[κατέατο]] Hdt.3.144, 8.73, 9.90 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] καθ-): the later fut. καθήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Le.''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; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀκτῆς κλαῖε καθήμενος</b> Od.5.82; κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ Il.8.207; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγῶνι καθήμενοι</b> 23.448; <b class="b3">κλαῖον δ' ἐν λεχέεσσι καθήμενος</b> Od.10.497; <b class="b3">θύρῃσι καθήμενοι</b> 17.530; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις Ar.''Nu.''466; <b class="b3">αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο καθήμενος</b> = even from his [[seat]] as he sat [[there]], Od.21.420; καθήμεθ' ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων S.''Ant.''411; <b class="b3">ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο</b> sat [[aloof]], [[remain]]ed [[neutral]], was on the [[fence]] Hdt.3.83, cf. 4.118,8.73; <b class="b3">ἐν θρόνῳ καθήμενος</b> Id.2.149; <b class="b3">θρόνῳ καθήμενος</b> E.''El.''315; κ. πρὸς τάφῳ Id.''Hel.''1084; πρὸς τὸ πῦρ καθήμενος Ar.''V.''773; ἐπὶ δίφρου καθήμενος Pl.''R.''328c; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων καθήμενοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.54; ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος [[καθήμενος]] ''Act.Ap.''8.28; ἐς τοὐργαστήριον Alciphr.3.27: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἕδραν καθήμενος</b> E.''Heracl.''55: c. acc. loci, [[sit on]], [[ὀφρυάω|ὀφρύην]] ib. 394.<br><span class="bld">2</span> especially of [[court]]s, [[council]]s, assemblies, etc., [[sit]]: [[οἱ καθήμενοι]] = [[the judges]], [[the court]], And.1.139, D.6.3, etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους Ar.''Nu.''208; <b class="b3">ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι</b> = [[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 καθήμενοι]] = [[the spectators in a theatre]], Hegesipp. 1.29.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[sit still]], [[sit quiet]], ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω Od. 16.264; <b class="b3">σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο</b> (for ἐκάθηντο) Il.11.76; ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο Hdt.1.46; [[μετὰ κόπον καθημένοις]] = [[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 one's quarters]], [[be encamped]], περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς Th.2.20, cf. 101; ἐχθρῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων E.''Ph.''752.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[reside]] in a place, [[LXX]] ''Ne.''11.6; λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ ''Ev.Matt.''4.16; [[settle]], εἰς Σινώπην Muson.''Fr.'' 9p.43H.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[lead]] a [[sedentary]], [[obscure]] [[life]], ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος Pi. ''O.''1.83; ἔσω καθημένη A.''Ch.''919; <b class="b3">αἱ βαναυσικαὶ</b> ([[τέχναι]]) ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι X.''Oec.''4.2; to [[be engaged]] or [[be employed]], especially in a [[sedentary]] [[business]], ἐπ' αὐτῷ τούτῳ Hdt.2.86; <b class="b3">καθημένους ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ</b>, [[clerk]]s in the [[bank]], of [[banker]]s, D.49.42, cf. 45.33; ἐπ' ἐργαστηρίου Id.59.67; ἐπὶ τοῦ… ἰατρείου Aeschin.1.40; <b class="b3">καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ζῆν ἐν χωρίῳ</b>, Muson.''Fr.''11p.59H.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[sit]] as a [[suppliant]], ἐν Δελφοῖσι Hdt.5.63, cf. Orac.ib. 7.140.<br><span class="bld">7</span> of districts and countries, [[lie]], χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα Thphr.''HP''8.8.7.<br><span class="bld">b</span> to [[be low-lying]], τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα Ael.''VH'' 3.1, cf. ''NA''16.12; [[πεδίον]] καθήμενον Him.''Or.''14.17; πόπανον… κ. [[δωδεκόμφαλος|δωδεκόμφαλον]] prob. [[flat]] in the [[middle]], ''IG''22.1367.<br><span class="bld">8</span> of a [[statue]], to [[be placed]], Pl.''Smp.''215b, Arist.''Pol.''1315b21.<br><span class="bld">9</span> of things, to [[be set]] or [[be placed]], λαγῴοις ἐπ' ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις Telecl.32, cf. Pherecr.108.17; τὸ [[πηδάλιον]] κάθηται πλάγιον Arist.''Mech.''851a4, cf. ib.13.