καθίζειν

From LSJ

ἐρημία μεγάλη 'στὶν ἡ Μεγάλη Πόλις → the Great City is a great wasteland

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also καθίζω): perch, impannel a jury, make to sit, set, setup, sit in an official capacity, sit on

Lexicon Thucydideum

considere, to settle down, take position, 1.126.10, 3.28.2, 3.75.3, 3.75.5,
collocare (exercitum), to station (an army), 2.71.1, 3.107.1, 4.90.1, 4.93.1, 5.7.4, 6.66.1, [vulgo commonly ἐκάθισαν] 7.82.3, [vulgo commonly ἐκάθισε]
MED. considere, to settle down, take position, 1.136.3.