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καθέζομαι

kathezomai

sit down, take oneʼs seat

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Where it lives

On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
Against Midias 6 · 3.99/10k
Charmides 3 · 3.61/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Against Aristogeiton 1 2 · 2.99/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καθέζομαι · kathezomai — LSJ

sit down, take oneʼs seat, preside, taking their seats

sit down, take oneʼs seat, ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες Od. 1.372; εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο 9.417, cf. Il. 24.126, etc.; κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου ib. 522; κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετʼ ἐπὶ . . λίθοισιν Od. 3.406; καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (v. πρόχνυ); so κ. ἐν . . εὐνατηρίοις S. Tr. 918; ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς ἀρχῆς E. Ph. 75; ἐς θρόνον A. Pr. 231; preside, Lys. l.c., Aeschin. 3.73; ἐνθαδί Ar. Ra. 200; οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats, Aeschin. 3.3: Medic., Hp. Epid. 7.3.

2 sit down in, occupy, encamp, settle

sit down in, occupy, a country, encamp, Th. 2.18, 7.77; settle, εἰς χώραν OGI 201.13 (Nubia, vi A.D.).

II remain seated

remain seated, in various senses:

1 sit still

sit still, with collat. notion of inaction, τίφθʼ οὕτως κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδῳ; Od. 10.378, cf. 6.295.

2 sit

sit as suppliants, ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι E. Heracl. l.c.; πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων Th. 3.70, cf. Ar. Lys. 1139, D. 18.107.

3 sit

sit for oneʼs portrait, Porph. Plot. 1.

of a teacher, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων Ev.Matt. 26.55.

In the wild

καθέζετο · kathezeto Aeschylus, Eumenides 4–6
καθέζετʼ · kathezetʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 230–232
καθεδεῖται · kathedeitai Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 655)
καθεδούμεθʼ · kathedoumethʼ Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 575)
καθεδούμεθʼ · kathedoumethʼ Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 296 (DIORISIS sentence 219)
καθεδοῦνται · kathedountai Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 473)

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Where it came from

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