κάθημαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. κάτ-, 2sg. <b class="b3">κάθησαι</b> (Ion. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κάτ- <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.6</span>, prob.in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>vi4</span>, κάθῃ <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>115</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>23.3</span>, dub.l.in <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>1203, (προ-) <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>13.171a</span> codd.; 3sg. κάθηται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 597</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>35c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.70</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>987.26 (Chios, iv B.C.); Ion. 3pl. κατέαται <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.86</span>; imper. κάθησο <span class="bibl">Il.2.191</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>627</span>; κάθου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>620</span>, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.1017</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.224</span>; <b class="b3">κάθουσο</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.11.42</span>; 3sg. καθήσθω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>916</span>; 3pl. καθήσθωσαν <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).1109.38 (Thess.); subj. καθῶμαι, κάθῃ <span class="bibl">Cratin.277</span>, καθῆται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>754</span>; opt.καθοίμην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>919</span>, prob.in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>149</span>; inf.<b class="b3">καθῆσθαι</b>; part.<b class="b3">καθήμενος</b>: impf.ἐκαθήμην <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ec.</span>152</span>, <span class="bibl">D.48.31</span>, etc., ἐκάθητο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Bacch.</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>510</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.6</span>, ἐκάθησθε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>638</span>, <b class="b3">ἐκάθηντο</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">ἐκατέατο</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.144</span>, <span class="bibl">8.73</span>; also without syll. augm.καθῆστο <span class="bibl">Il.1.569</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1102</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1467</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328c</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.6.19</span>, καθῆτο <span class="bibl">D.18.169</span>,217; Ion. κατῆστο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>, καθῆσθε <span class="bibl">D. 25.21</span> (with vv. ll.), καθῆντο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>302</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Th.5.58</span>; Ep. καθήατο <span class="bibl">Il.11.76</span>; Ion. κατέατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.144</span>, <span class="bibl">8.73</span>, <span class="bibl">9.90</span> (v.l. [[καθ-]]): the later fut. καθήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span>8.35</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>22.30</span> is corrupt in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>960</span>:—<b class="b2">to be seated, sit</b>, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς <span class="bibl">Il.2.191</span>; κάθησ' ἑδραία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>266</span>: freq. in part., πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος <span class="bibl">Il.16.407</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.5.82</span>; κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ <span class="bibl">Il.8.207</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγῶνι κ</b>. <span class="bibl">23.448</span>; <b class="b3">κλαῖον δ' ἐν λεχέεσσι κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.10.497</span>; <b class="b3">θύρῃσι κ</b>. <span class="bibl">17.530</span>; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>466</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ</b>. even from his seat <b class="b2">as he sat there</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.420</span>; καθήμεθ' ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>411</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο</b> <b class="b2">sate</b> aloof, remained neutral, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.118</span>,<span class="bibl">8.73</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν θρόνῳ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.2.149</span>; <b class="b3">θρόνῳ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>315</span>; κ. πρὸς τάφῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1084</span>; πρὸς τὸ πῦρ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>773</span>; ἐπὶ δίφρου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328c</span>; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.54</span>; ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>8.28</span>; ἐς τοὐργαστήριον <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.27</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἕδραν κ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>55</span>: c. acc. loci, <b class="b2">sit on</b>, <b class="b3">ὀφρύην</b> ib. <span class="bibl">394</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> esp. of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., <b class="b2">sit</b>: <b class="b3">οἱ καθήμενοι</b> <b class="b2">the judges, the court</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.139</span>, <span class="bibl">D.6.3</span>, etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>208</span>; <b class="b3">ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι</b> you <b class="b2">who sit as judges</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 5.85</span>; οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>35c</span>; κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων <span class="bibl">D.58.25</span>; of the <b class="b3">βουλή</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.43</span>; βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης <span class="bibl">D.21.116</span>; of an assembly, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.10.5</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the spectators in a theatre</b>, <span class="bibl">Hegesipp. 1.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">sit still, sit quiet</b>, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω <span class="bibl">Od. 16.264</span>; <b class="b3">σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο</b> (for <b class="b3">ἐκάθηντο</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.11.76</span>; ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ κόπον κ</b>. <b class="b2">rest</b> after labour, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 479.3</span>: and, in bad sense, <b class="b2">sit doing nothing, lie idle</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.24.403</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.134</span>; of an army, <span class="bibl">Id.9.56</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.124</span>; of a boat's crew, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 107.6</span> (iii B.C.); οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί <span class="bibl">D.11.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.23</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>142.20</span>, etc.; also, of an army, <b class="b2">to have its quarters, be encamped</b>, περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς <span class="bibl">Th.2.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">101</span>; ἐχθρῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>752</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">reside</b> in a place, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ne.</span>11.6</span>; λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>4.16</span>; <b class="b2">settle</b>, εἰς Σινώπην Muson.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 9p.43H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">lead a sedentary, obscure life</b>, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>1.83</span>; ἔσω καθημένη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>919</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ βαναυσικαὶ</b> [<b class="b3">τέχναι</b>] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>4.2</span>; <b class="b2">to be engaged</b> or <b class="b2">employed</b>, esp. in a sedentary business, ἐπ' αὐτῷ τούτῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.86</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ</b>, of bankers, <span class="bibl">D.49.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">45.33</span>; ἐπ' ἐργαστηρίου <span class="bibl">Id.59.67</span>; ἐπὶ τοῦ . . ἰατρείου <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.40</span>; <b class="b3">καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ζῆν ἐν Χωρίῳ</b>, Muson.<span class="title">Fr.</span>11p.59H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">sit</b> as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.63</span>, cf. Orac.ib. <span class="bibl">7.140</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> of districts and countries, <b class="b2">lie</b>, Χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.8.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">to be low-lying</b>, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span> 3.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">NA</span>16.12</span>; <b class="b3">πεδίον κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>14.17</span>; <b class="b3">πόπανον . . κ. δωδεκόμφαλον</b> prob. <b class="b2">flat</b> in the middle, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1367. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> of a statue, <b class="b2">to be placed</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>215b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1315b21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> of things, <b class="b2">to be set</b> or <b class="b2">placed</b>, λαγῴοις ἐπ' ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις <span class="bibl">Telecl.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.17</span>; τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>851a4</span>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">13</span>.</span>