ἕζομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> imper. ἕζευ Il.24.522: impf. and aor. 2 [[ἑζόμην]]: aor. 1 Pass. [[ἕσθην]], only <b class="b3">ἦ 'σθῶ</b>; S.''OC''195 ([[si vera lectio|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.''OC''100, cf. Ar.''Ra.''682 ([[si vera lectio|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 [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''249 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ χθονὶ.. ἑζέσθην</b> they [[sank]] to the [[earth]], of a [[pair]] of [[scale]]s, Il.8.74; once in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε 8.22, and in late Prose, J.''AJ''18.6.6, Luc.''Syr. D.''31, ''Astr.''10; in Att. Prose [[καθέζομαι]] was always used.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[crouch]], in a [[posture]] of [[defence]], Il.22.275, Od.14.31.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[sink]] to the [[ground]], [[collapse]], Il.13.653, 14.495.<br><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]].)