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ἐγκαθ-ίζω

egkathizo

seat in, upon, station

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  • Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
  • Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
  • Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
  • Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
  • Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
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What it meant

ἐγκαθ-ίζω · enkath-izō — LSJ

seat in, upon, station, in, founded, there

seat in or upon, εἰς θρόνον Pl. R. 553c; ἐ. στρατιὰν ἐν τοῖς τόποις station a force in a place, Plb. 16.37.4: aor. 1 Med., ναὸν ἐγκαθείσατο (vulg. ἐγκαθείσατο, cf. ἐγκαθισάμενοι τὰ ὅπλα v.l. in J. BJ 5.1.2) founded a temple there, E. Hipp. 31.

2 administer a sitz-bath to, to be used for such

administer a sitz-bath to one, Sor. 1.64, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 6.20.18, etc.:—Pass., Hp. Mul. 1.35; also, to be used for such, Dsc. 5.13,30.

3 cause to subside upon

cause to subside upon, τοῖς κοιλώμασι τὴν ὑπερκειμένην γῆν Lyd. Ost. 53.

II sit in, upon, take oneʼs seat

intr., sit in or upon, [θρόνῳ] Pi. P. 4.153:—Med., ἐγκατίζεσθαι εἰς θρόνον take oneʼs seat on . . , Hdt. 5.26.

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