καθέζομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κατα- (kata-) +‎ ἕζομαι (hézomai)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʰéz.do.mai̯/ → /kaˈθe.zo.mɛ/ → /kaˈθe.zo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰéz.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtʰe.zo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈθe.zo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈθe.zo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈθe.zo.me/

Verb

κᾰθέζομαι • (kathézomai)

1. to sit down

Conjugation

   Present: κᾰθέζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	κᾰθέζομαι	κᾰθέζῃ, κᾰθέζει	κᾰθέζεται	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζεσθε	κᾰθέζονται
	subjunctive	κᾰθέζωμαι	κᾰθέζῃ	κᾰθέζηται	κᾰθέζησθον	κᾰθέζησθον	κᾰθεζώμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζησθε	κᾰθέζωνται
	optative	κᾰθεζοίμην	κᾰθέζοιο	κᾰθέζοιτο	κᾰθέζοισθον	κᾰθεζοίσθην	κᾰθεζοίμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζοισθε	κᾰθέζοιντο
	imperative		κᾰθέζου	κᾰθεζέσθω	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθεζέσθων		κᾰθέζεσθε	κᾰθεζέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						κᾰθέζεσθαι
participle	m					κᾰθεζόμενος
	f					κᾰθεζομένη
	n					κᾰθεζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: κᾰθεζόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	κᾰθεζόμην	κᾰθέζου	κᾰθέζετο	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθεζέσθην	κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζεσθε	κᾰθέζοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: κᾰθεζόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κᾰθεζόμην	κᾰθέζου	κᾰθέζετο	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθεζέσθην	κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζεσθε	κᾰθέζοντο
	subjunctive	κᾰθέζωμαι	κᾰθέζῃ	κᾰθέζηται	κᾰθέζησθον	κᾰθέζησθον	κᾰθεζώμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζησθε	κᾰθέζωνται
	optative	κᾰθεζοίμην	κᾰθέζοιο	κᾰθέζοιτο	κᾰθέζοισθον	κᾰθεζοίσθην	κᾰθεζοίμεθᾰ	κᾰθέζοισθε	κᾰθέζοιντο
	imperative		κᾰθεζοῦ	κᾰθεζέσθω	κᾰθέζεσθον	κᾰθεζέσθων		κᾰθέζεσθε	κᾰθεζέσθων
					middle
infinitive					κᾰθεζέσθαι
participle	m				κᾰθεζόμενος
	f				κᾰθεζομένη
	n				κᾰθεζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀποκαθέζομαι (apokathézomai)
• διακαθέζομαι (diakathézomai)
• ἐγκαθέζομαι (enkathézomai)
• ἐπικαθέζομαι (epikathézomai)
• μετακαθέζομαι (metakathézomai)
• προκαθέζομαι (prokathézomai)
• προσκαθέζομαι (proskathézomai)
• συγκαθέζομαι (sunkathézomai)
• συμπαρακαθέζομαι (sumparakathézomai)
• ὑπερκαθέζομαι (huperkathézomai)
• ὑποκαθέζομαι (hupokathézomai)

 

Further reading

• “καθέζομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καθέζομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “καθέζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • encamp idem, page 270.
  • sit idem, page 779.