ἕζομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=imper. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἕζευ <span class="bibl">Il.24.522</span>: impf. and aor. 2 [[ἑζόμην]]: aor. 1 Pass. [[ἕσθην]], only <b class="b3">ἦ 'σθῶ</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>195</span> (s.v.l.):—[[seat oneself]], [[sit]], in Hom. only pres. and impf., εἰνὶ θρόνῳ <span class="bibl">Il.15.150</span>; ἐς θρόνους <span class="bibl">Od.4.51</span>; ἐπὶ δίφρῳ <span class="bibl">Il.6.354</span>; κατὰ κλισμούς <span class="bibl">Od.3.389</span>; ποτὶ βωμόν <span class="bibl">22.379</span>; ἐπὶ βάθρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>682</span> (s. v.l.); ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα <span class="bibl">Mimn.9</span>; ἀμφὶ κλάδοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1516</span> (anap.): c. acc. only, τόδ' ἕζετο μαντεῖον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>3</span>; εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>249</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ χθονὶ . . ἑζέσθην</b> they [[sank]] to the earth, of a pair of scales, <span class="bibl">Il.8.74</span>; once in Hdt., ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε <span class="bibl">8.22</span>, and in late Prose, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.6.6</span>, Luc.<span class="title">Syr. D.</span>31, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Astr.</span>10</span>; in Att. Prose [[καθέζομαι]] was always used. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[crouch]], in a posture of defence, <span class="bibl">Il.22.275</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[sink]] to the ground, [[collapse]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.653</span>, <span class="bibl">14.495</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[ἕζω]] [[set]], [[place]], is not found: for <b class="b3">εἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι</b>, v. [[ἵζω]]. (Cf. [[ἕδος]].)</span>