ἱζάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵζω (hízō, “I sit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiz.dá.nɔː/ → /iˈza.no/ → /iˈza.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiz.dá.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈza.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈza.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈza.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈza.no/

Verb

ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω • (hizánō) (chiefly Epic)

1. (transitive) to cause to sit, seat
2. (intransitive) to sit down
3. (intransitive, of soil) to settle down

Inflection

   Present: ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω, ῐ̔ζᾰ́νομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεις	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νει	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νετον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νετον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νομεν	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νετε	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω, ῐ̔ζᾰ́νωμῐ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νῃς, ῐ̔ζᾰ́νῃσθᾰ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νῃ, ῐ̔ζᾰ́νῃσῐ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νητον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νητον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νωμεν	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νητε	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιμῐ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοισ(θᾰ)	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοι	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιτον	ῐ̔ζᾰνοίτην	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιμεν	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιτε	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιεν
	imperative		ῐ̔́ζᾰνε	ῐ̔ζᾰνέτω	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νετον	ῐ̔ζᾰνέτων		ῐ̔ζᾰ́νετε	ῐ̔ζᾰνόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νομαι	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεαι	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεται	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθον	ῐ̔ζᾰνόμε(σ)θᾰ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθε	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νονται
	subjunctive	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νωμαι	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νηαι	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νηται	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νησθον	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νησθον	ῐ̔ζᾰνώμε(σ)θᾰ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νησθε	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νωνται
	optative	ῐ̔ζᾰνοίμην	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιο	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοιτο	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοισθον	ῐ̔ζᾰνοίσθην	ῐ̔ζᾰνοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νοισθε	ῐ̔ζᾰνοίᾰτο
	imperative		ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεο	ῐ̔ζᾰνέσθω	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθον	ῐ̔ζᾰνέσθων		ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθε	ῐ̔ζᾰνέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῐ̔ζᾰ́νειν/ῐ̔ζᾰνέμεν(αι)/ῐ̔ζᾰ́νμεν(αι)				ῐ̔ζᾰ́νεσθαι
participle	m	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νων				ῐ̔ζᾰνόμενος
	f	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νουσᾰ				ῐ̔ζᾰνομένη
	n	ῐ̔ζᾰ́νον				ῐ̔ζᾰνόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ῑ̔́ζᾰνον, ῑ̔ζᾰνόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῑ̔́ζᾰνον	ῑ̔́ζᾰνες	ῑ̔́ζᾰνε(ν)	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νετον	ῑ̔ζᾰνέτην	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νομεν	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νετε	ῑ̔́ζᾰνον
middle/ passive	indicative	ῑ̔ζᾰνόμην	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νου	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νετο	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νεσθον	ῑ̔ζᾰνέσθην	ῑ̔ζᾰνόμε(σ)θᾰ	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νεσθε	ῑ̔ζᾰ́νοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• κᾰθέζομαι (kathézomai), ἕζομαι (hézomai, “sit oneself, sit down”)
• κᾰ́θημαι (káthēmai), ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”)
• κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω (kathizánō), ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hizánō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
• κᾰθῐ́ζω (kathízō), ῐ̔́ζω (hízō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)

References

• “ἱζάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱζάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἱζάνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἱζάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἱζάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963