ἕζομαι
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
imper.
A ἕζευ Il.24.522: impf. and aor. 2 ἑζόμην: aor. 1 Pass. ἕσθην, only ἦ 'σθῶ; S.OC195 (s.v.l.):—seat oneself, sit, in Hom. only pres. and impf., εἰνὶ θρόνῳ Il.15.150; ἐς θρόνους Od.4.51; ἐπὶ δίφρῳ Il.6.354; κατὰ κλισμούς Od.3.389; ποτὶ βωμόν 22.379; ἐπὶ βάθρον S.OC100, cf. Ar.Ra.682 (s. v.l.); ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα Mimn.9; ἀμφὶ κλάδοις E.Ph.1516 (anap.): c. acc. only, τόδ' ἕζετο μαντεῖον A. Eu.3; εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον S.Aj.249 (lyr.); ἐπὶ χθονὶ . . ἑζέσθην they sank to the earth, of a pair of scales, Il.8.74; once in Hdt., ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε 8.22, and in late Prose, J.AJ18.6.6, Luc.Syr. D.31, Astr.10; in Att. Prose καθέζομαι was always used. 2 crouch, in a posture of defence, Il.22.275, Od.14.31. 3 sink to the ground, collapse, Il.13.653, 14.495. II Act., ἕζω set, place, is not found: for εἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι, v. ἵζω. (Cf. ἕδος.)
