Strong G2523καθίζω
to seat
- Transliteration
- kathizō
- Pronunciation
- kath-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Another (active) form for G2516; to seat down that is set (figuratively appoint); intransitively to sit (down); figuratively to settle (hover dwell): - continue set sit (down) tarry.
Detailed definition
καθ-ίζω
[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב;]
1. causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Act.2:30, 1Co.6:4, Eph.1:20.
2. Intrans., to sit down, be seated, sit: Mat.5:1, Mrk.9:35, Luk.7:15, Jhn.8:2, al.; with inf. tel., 1Co.10:7; before εἰς, 2Th.2:4; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.11:2, Jhn.12:14; id. with genitive, Jhn.19:13, Act.12:21; ὧδε, Mrk.14:32; αὐτοῦ, Mat.26:36; ἐν δεξιᾷ, Heb.1:3; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.20:21, 23; ἐν, Rev.3:21; καθίσας pleonastic (M, Pro.14:1-35; Dalman, Words, 22), Mat.13:48, Luk.5:3 14:31 16:6; of settling in a place (ἐς χωρίον, Thuc., iv, 93), before ἐν, Luk.24:49 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, παρα-, περι-, συν-καθίζω)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב;]
1. causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Act.2:30, 1Co.6:4, Eph.1:20.
2. Intrans., to sit down, be seated, sit: Mat.5:1, Mrk.9:35, Luk.7:15, Jhn.8:2, al.; with inf. tel., 1Co.10:7; before εἰς, 2Th.2:4; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.11:2, Jhn.12:14; id. with genitive, Jhn.19:13, Act.12:21; ὧδε, Mrk.14:32; αὐτοῦ, Mat.26:36; ἐν δεξιᾷ, Heb.1:3; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.20:21, 23; ἐν, Rev.3:21; καθίσας pleonastic (M, Pro.14:1-35; Dalman, Words, 22), Mat.13:48, Luk.5:3 14:31 16:6; of settling in a place (ἐς χωρίον, Thuc., iv, 93), before ἐν, Luk.24:49 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, παρα-, περι-, συν-καθίζω)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2523 appears in 46 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sit36
- set6
- sitteth3
- down2
- continue1
- tarry1
- when1
First verses
- Matthew 5:1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
- Matthew 13:48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
- Matthew 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 20:21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
- Matthew 20:23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
- Matthew 23:2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
- Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Matthew 26:36Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
- Mark 9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
- Mark 10:37They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
- Mark 10:40But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
- Mark 11:2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
- Mark 11:7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- Mark 14:32And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
- Mark 16:19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 5:3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
- Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
- Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καθίζω,
Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.426, +others; in Prose ἐκάθιζον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.13)]: future καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 12.11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; καθίσω (intransitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 5)]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.190)]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2. 1.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13 (3rd c.BC))]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 10.16)]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.389, +others,)]subjunctive καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104)]; infinitive καθέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.46 aB*21, 25 (5th-4th c.BC))]; poetry κάθεσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42)] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31 (ἐγκαθ-, _middle_), “Ph.” 1188, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 4.79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.82, but we also find _Epic dialect_ κάθῐσα, _Ionic dialect_ κάτ- (for which κάθεσα, κάτεσον, etc., should perhaps be restored), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.280 (variant{κάθεσαν}), +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 2.126, καθῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 911, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66 (to be read καθεῖσα), later ἐκάθῐσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544, etc., compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.89)]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.488)]; Doric dialect καθίξας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.12,)]subjunctive καθίξῃ[Refs ([prev. work] 51)]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.30, 37.27)]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115, NT.Heb.12.2, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 323.23)]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 824, κὰδ.. ἵζ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50)]: future καθιζήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a, “Euthd.” 278b, (προσ-) 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.167, later καθίσομαι NT.Matt.19.28, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.583f,)] -ιοῦμαι [LXX (LXX.Mal.3.3, +others)]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111; also ἐκαθισάμην “SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, (ἐπ-, παρ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130 codices, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14)]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 233, καθισσάμην 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.278, 1219)]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.5:)]
I causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.68; μή με κάθιζ᾽ 6.360; σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; κὰδ δ᾽ εἷσ᾽ ἐν θαλάμῳ 3.382; τὴν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389; κατίσαι τινὰ ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.4; ἐπὶ θρόνον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
I.2 set, place, τὸν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.36; κὰδ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν 2.549; Κρόνον.. Ζεὺς γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε 14.204; καθίζειν τινὰ εἰς δόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1541)]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 664, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90; κ. τὸ στράτευμα ἐς Χωρίον ἐπιτήδειον [prev. author] 6.66; σύλλογον εἰς Χωρίον κ., Χωρὶς μὲν τοὺς ὁπλίτας, Χωρὶς δὲ τοὺς ἱππέας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755e.)]
I.2.b post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.524)]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.14; ἄλλους κάτισον ἀγαγὼν κατὰ τὰς.. πύλας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155; κ. ἐνέδραν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 19)]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 127.)]
I.3 set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42)] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1219.)]
I.4 cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.69)]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 305, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13; νομοθέτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, probably in [prev. author] 3.10)]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874a; ἐάν τε Χιλίους ἐάν θ᾽ ὁποσουσοῦν ἡ πόλις καθίσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.223)]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298e; βουλὴν ἐπίσκοπον πάντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19.)]
I.5 put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.15; but [prev. work] 14 κλαίειν τινὰ κ)]. to make him weep: for [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.51, see at {ἀκράτιστος}.)]
I.6 marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [LXX (LXX.Neh.13.27, compare 23.)]
II intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.394, etc.)]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.50, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.422)]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.9, 7.15; ἐπὶ σκίμποδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 254; ἐπὶ δένδρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614a34 (but κ. ἐπὶ κώπην)], of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 197))]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.24; εἰς γόνυ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115: in Poets also with _accusative_, κ. τρίποδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 366, “El.” 980)]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 48, “Ion” 6, 1317.)]
II.2 sit, recline at meals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.2.)]
II.3 sit as judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659b, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.382)]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.89, compare “Hermes” 17.5 (from Delos).)]
II.4 reside, μετά τινος [LXX (LXX.Ruth.2.23 (3.1))]; ἐν πόλει[LXX (LXX.Neh.11.1.)]
II.5 settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c; καθίσας ὁ φελλὸς ἀνοίξει τὸν κρουνόν 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.20.)]
II.6 of ships, run aground, be stranded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4.)]
III middle in intransitive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50 (in tmesi), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.3, etc.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν θᾶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 516e)]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56 (nisi to be read καθέζεσθαι, as also [prev. work]162, both readings are found [prev. work]119))]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228e.)]
III.2 of birds, settle, alight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614b23.)]
III.3 leave goods purchased in a market, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.426, +others; in Prose ἐκάθιζον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.13)]: future καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 12.11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; καθίσω (intransitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 5)]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.190)]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2. 1.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13 (3rd c.BC))]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 10.16)]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.389, +others,)]subjunctive καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104)]; infinitive καθέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.46 aB*21, 25 (5th-4th c.BC))]; poetry κάθεσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42)] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31 (ἐγκαθ-, _middle_), “Ph.” 1188, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 4.79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.82, but we also find _Epic dialect_ κάθῐσα, _Ionic dialect_ κάτ- (for which κάθεσα, κάτεσον, etc., should perhaps be restored), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.280 (variant{κάθεσαν}), +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 2.126, καθῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 911, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66 (to be read καθεῖσα), later ἐκάθῐσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544, etc., compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.89)]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.488)]; Doric dialect καθίξας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.12,)]subjunctive καθίξῃ[Refs ([prev. work] 51)]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.30, 37.27)]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115, NT.Heb.12.2, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 323.23)]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 824, κὰδ.. ἵζ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50)]: future καθιζήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a, “Euthd.” 278b, (προσ-) 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.167, later καθίσομαι NT.Matt.19.28, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.583f,)] -ιοῦμαι [LXX (LXX.Mal.3.3, +others)]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111; also ἐκαθισάμην “SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, (ἐπ-, παρ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130 codices, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14)]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 233, καθισσάμην 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.278, 1219)]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.5:)]
I causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.68; μή με κάθιζ᾽ 6.360; σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; κὰδ δ᾽ εἷσ᾽ ἐν θαλάμῳ 3.382; τὴν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389; κατίσαι τινὰ ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.4; ἐπὶ θρόνον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
I.2 set, place, τὸν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.36; κὰδ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν 2.549; Κρόνον.. Ζεὺς γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε 14.204; καθίζειν τινὰ εἰς δόμον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1541)]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 664, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90; κ. τὸ στράτευμα ἐς Χωρίον ἐπιτήδειον [prev. author] 6.66; σύλλογον εἰς Χωρίον κ., Χωρὶς μὲν τοὺς ὁπλίτας, Χωρὶς δὲ τοὺς ἱππέας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755e.)]
I.2.b post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.524)]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.14; ἄλλους κάτισον ἀγαγὼν κατὰ τὰς.. πύλας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155; κ. ἐνέδραν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 19)]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 127.)]
I.3 set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.42)] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 111, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1219.)]
I.4 cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.69)]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 305, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11, “IG” 22.778.13; νομοθέτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25, probably in [prev. author] 3.10)]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874a; ἐάν τε Χιλίους ἐάν θ᾽ ὁποσουσοῦν ἡ πόλις καθίσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.223)]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298e; βουλὴν ἐπίσκοπον πάντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19.)]
I.5 put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.15; but [prev. work] 14 κλαίειν τινὰ κ)]. to make him weep: for [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.51, see at {ἀκράτιστος}.)]
I.6 marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [LXX (LXX.Neh.13.27, compare 23.)]
II intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.394, etc.)]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.50, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.422)]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.9, 7.15; ἐπὶ σκίμποδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 254; ἐπὶ δένδρου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614a34 (but κ. ἐπὶ κώπην)], of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 197))]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.24; εἰς γόνυ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115: in Poets also with _accusative_, κ. τρίποδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 366, “El.” 980)]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 48, “Ion” 6, 1317.)]
II.2 sit, recline at meals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.2.)]
II.3 sit as judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659b, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.382)]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.89, compare “Hermes” 17.5 (from Delos).)]
II.4 reside, μετά τινος [LXX (LXX.Ruth.2.23 (3.1))]; ἐν πόλει[LXX (LXX.Neh.11.1.)]
II.5 settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c; καθίσας ὁ φελλὸς ἀνοίξει τὸν κρουνόν 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.20.)]
II.6 of ships, run aground, be stranded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4.)]
III middle in intransitive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.50 (in tmesi), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.3, etc.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν θᾶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 516e)]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56 (nisi to be read καθέζεσθαι, as also [prev. work]162, both readings are found [prev. work]119))]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228e.)]
III.2 of birds, settle, alight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 614b23.)]
III.3 leave goods purchased in a market, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 975.6 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]