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|Definition=Ion. [[κατίημι]], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. καθήσω A.''Eu.''555(lyr.): aor. 1 [[καθῆκα]], Ep. [[καθέηκα]] Il.24.642: 2dual aor. 2 κάθετον ''h.Ap.''487: pf. καθεῖκα Lysipp.1, D.29.46: (v. [[ἵημι]]):—[[let fall]], [[drop]], [[send down]], <b class="b3">κὰδ δὲ</b> ([[κεραυνὸν]])… ἧκε Χαμᾶζε Il.8.134; κατὰ δ' ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53; <b class="b3">οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα</b> I [[have sent]] the wine down my throat, 24.642; <b class="b3">καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι</b> [[sink]] them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; ([[ἱστία]]) <b class="b3">ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν</b> we [[let]] them down, [[lowered]] them, Od.9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν A.''Eu.'' [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ.</b> [[let]] it down by a cord, Hdt.5.16; <b class="b3">σῶμα πύργων κ.</b> E.''Tr.''1011; <b class="b3">κοντὸν ἐς</b> [τὴν λίμνην] κ. Hdt.4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα E.''Hel.''1614; <b class="b3">ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ</b> ib. 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν Id.''IT''1181 (so metaph. τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε D.29.46); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα E.''Ion''1034; νάρθηκ' ἐς πέδον Id.''Ba.''706; <b class="b3">κ. σπονδάς</b> [[pour]] them, Id.''IA''60; <b class="b3">τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς</b>, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1285; ἄγκυραν Hdt. 7.36; τὰ δίκτυα Arist.''HA''533b18; <b class="b3">κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην</b>, of a sounding-line, Hdt.2.28: abs., [[καθιέναι]] [[reach by sounding]], [[sound]], οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''351a13: Medic., ([[αὐλίσκον]]) [[pass]] a catheter, Ruf.''Ren.Ves.''7.11; <b class="b3">οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε</b> (<b class="b3">παρὰ προσδοκίαν</b> for <b class="b3">οἷον ἄγκιστρον</b>) Ar.''V.''174; <b class="b3">λόγους συμβατηρίους κ.</b> [[make]] offers of peace, D.C.41.47; <b class="b3">κ. πεῖραν</b> [[make]] an attempt, Ael. ''VH''2.13, ''NA''1.57; <b class="b3">εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας</b> [[let]] one's hair [[flow loose]], E. ''Ba.''695, cf. ''IT''52; <b class="b3">κ. πώγωνα</b> [[let]] one's beard [[grow long]], Ar.''Ec.''100, cf. ''Th.''841, Arr.''Epict.''2.23.21 (Pass., τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι Crates Com.27; πώγωνα καθειμένος Plu.''Phoc.''10; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο Ael.''VH''11.10); [αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν Arist.''HA''596a24 (Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt.4.2); also <b class="b3">τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν</b> [[carry]] them down to the sea, Th.5.52 (Pass., καθεῖτο τείχη 4.103); [[καθῆκε]] <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλη</b> [[let down]] his legs, of one who had been lying, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 61c; <b class="b3">κατ' ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλη</b>) <b class="b3"> καθέντος</b>, of a wrestler, Gal.6.143; <b class="b3">κ. δόρατα</b> [[let down]] one's pike, [[bring]] it [[to the rest]], X.''An.''6.5.25; <b class="b3">κ. τὰς κώπας</b> [[let down]] the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th.2.91; rarely of striking, δι' ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος E.''Ph.''1413; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα Id.''HF''993; <b class="b3">κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ</b> to kneel down, Id.''Hec.''561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν Id.''IT''333; <b class="b3">κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον</b> [[let]] him [[fall]] asleep, Id.''HF''1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν D.H.5.27; ([[πώλους]]) ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην E.''IA''423; of a general, <b class="b3">κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς</b>… [[let]] them [[march]] into... Plb.3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν Id.3.92.7; <b class="b3">κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας</b> [[lay]] an ambush, Id.4.63.9:—Pass., [[stretch down seawards]], ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα Pl. ''Criti.''118a; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου Epicur.''Ep.''2p.47U., cf. p.51 U.; <b class="b3">τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς</b> [[low tone]] of voice, Hdn.5.2.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[send down into the arena]], [[enter for racing]], [[ἅρματα]], [[ζεύγη]], Th.6.16, Isoc.16.34; of plays, [[produce]], Eratosth. ap. Sch.Ar.''Nu.''552 (Pass.); διδασκαλίαν Plu.''Cim.''8; so <b class="b3">ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι… γνώμας καθεῖναι</b> (Com. for [[προθεῖναι]]) Ar.''Ec.''397; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ.</b> D.24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, [[set in motion]], [[employ]], Luc.''DMeretr.''7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας Philostr.''VA''6.38; <b class="b3">φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ.</b> [[employ]] them, Plu.''Per.''7, cf. Philostr.''VA''4.42:—Pass., to [[be put in motion]], ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt.7.138.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[allow to return]] from exile, φυγάδας X.''HG''2.2.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[swoop down]] like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''430; of rivers, [[run down]], ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 112e; <b class="b3">κ. εἰς γόνυ</b> [[sink]] on the knee, Plu.''Ant.''45; <b class="b3">κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα</b>, Lat. [[descendere in arenam]], Id.2.616d, Luc.''Alex.''6; <b class="b3">κ. ἐς Ῥόδον</b> [[arrive]] there, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[κατῆγεν]], Polyaen.5.17.2.