κάθημαι · kathēmai — LSJ
to be seated, sit, αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς Il. 2.191; κάθησʼ ἑδραία E. Andr. 266: freq. in part., πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος Il. 16.407; ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ. Od. 5.82; κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ Il. 8.207; ἐν ἀγῶνι κ. 23.448; κλαῖον δʼ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ. Od. 10.497; θύρῃσι κ. 17.530; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις Ar. Nu. 466; αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ. even from his seat as he sat there, Od. 21.420; καθήμεθʼ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων S. Ant. 411; ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, Hdt. 3.83, cf. 4.118, 8.73; ἐν θ
esp. of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit: οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court, And. 1.139, D. 6.3, etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους Ar. Nu. 208; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges, Th. 5.85; οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής Pl. Ap. 35c; κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων D. 58.25; of the βουλή, And. 1.43; βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης D. 21.116; of an assembly, X. An. 6.2.5; οἱ κ. the spectators in a theatre, Hegesipp. 1.29.
sit still, sit quiet, ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω Od. 16.264; σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο) Il. 11.76; ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο Hdt. 1.46; μετὰ κόπον κ. rest after labour, S. Fr. 479.3: and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle, Il. 24.403, Hdt. 3.134; of an army, Id. 9.56, Th. 4.124; of a boatʼs crew, PCair.Zen. 107.6 (iii B.C.); οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί D. 11.17, cf. 2.23, S. Fr. 142.20, etc.; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped, περὶ
reside in a place, LXX Ne. 11.6; λαὸς καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ Ev.Matt. 4.16; settle, εἰς Σινώπην Muson. Fr. 9p.43H.
lead a sedentary, obscure life, ἐν σκότῳ καθήμενος Pi. O. 1.83; ἔσω καθημένη A. Ch. 919; αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] ἀναγκάζουσι καθῆσθαι X. Oec. 4.2; to be engaged or employed, esp. in a sedentary business, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τούτῳ Hdt. 2.86; κ. ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ, of bankers, D. 49.42, cf. 45.33; ἐπʼ ἐργαστηρίου Id. 59.67; ἐπὶ τοῦ . . ἰατρείου Aeschin. 1.40; καθῆσθαι ἐν πόλει, opp. ζῆν ἐν χωρίῳ, Muson. Fr. 11p.59H.
sit as a suppliant, ἐν Δελφοῖσι Hdt. 5.63, cf. Orac.ib. 7.140.
of districts and countries, lie, χωρία ὁμοίως καθήμενα Thphr. HP 8.8.7.
to be low-lying, τὰ λεῖα καὶ καθήμενα Ael. VH 3.1, cf. NA 16.12; πεδίον κ. Him. Or. 14.17; πόπανον . . κ. δωδεκόμφαλον prob. flat in the middle, IG 2(2).1367.
of a statue, to be placed, Pl. Smp. 215b, Arist. Pol. 1315b21.
of things, to be set or placed, λαγῴοις ἐπʼ ἀμύλῳ καθημένοις Telecl. 32, cf. Pherecr. 108.17; τὸ πηδάλιον κ. πλάγιον Arist. Mech. 851a4, cf. ib. 13.