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causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας Il. 3.68; μή με κάθιζʼ 6.360; σʼ ἐπʼ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; κὰδ δʼ εἷσʼ ἐν θαλάμῳ 3.382; τὴν μὲν . . καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389; κατίσαι τινὰ ἐπʼ οἰκήματος Hdt. 2.121.εʹ; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, X. An. 2.1.4; ἐπὶ θρόνον Phld. Vit. p.22 J.

set, place, τὸν μὲν . . καθεῖσεν ἐπʼ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ Il. 5.36; κὰδ δʼ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν 2.549; Κρόνον . . Ζεὺς γαίης νέρθε καθεῖσε 14.204; καθίζειν τινὰ εἰς δόμον E. Ion 1541; κ. στρατόν encamp it, Id. Heracl. 664, cf. Th. 4.90; κ. τὸ στράτευμα ἐς χωρίον ἐπιτήδειον Id. 6.66; σύλλογον εἰς χωρίον κ., χωρὶς μὲν τοὺς ὁπλίτας, χωρὶς δὲ τοὺς ἱππέας Pl. Lg. 755e.

post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος Od. 4.524; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, Hdt. 1.89, cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.14; ἄλλους κάτισον ἀγαγὼν κατὰ τὰς . . πύλας Hdt. 3.155; κ. ἐνέδραν Plu. Publ. 19: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις Pherecr. 127.

set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν Pi. P. 5.42 codd.:—Med., καθέσσασθαι Anacr. 111, A.R. 4.1219.

cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει Od. 2.69; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα h.Ap. ap. Th. 3.104; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον Ar. V. 305, cf. D. 39.11, IG 2(2).778.13; νομοθέτας D. 24.25, prob. in Id. 3.10; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, Pl. Lg. 874a; ἐάν τε χιλίους ἐάν θʼ ὁποσουσοῦν ἡ πόλις καθίσῃ D. 21.223; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια Pl. Plt. 298e; βουλὴν ἐπίσκοπον πάντων Plu. Sol. 19.

put into a certain condition, esp. in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ. set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω σʼ Eup. l.c., cf. Pl. Ion 535e, X. Cyr. 2.2.15; but ib. 14 κλαίειν τινὰ κ. to make him weep: for Theoc. 1.51, v. ἀκράτιστος.

marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας LXX Ne. 13.27, cf. 23.

intr., take oneʼs seat, sit, abs., Il. 3.394, etc.; μετʼ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν, 15.50, Od. 8.422; ἐν [θώκοισι] Hdt. 1.181; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, Isoc. 18.9, 7.15; ἐπὶ σκίμποδα Ar. Nu. 254; ἐπὶ δένδρου Arist. HA 614a34 (but κ. ἐπὶ κώπην, of rowers, Ar. Ra. 197); of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν Th. 1.126, Lys. 13.24; εἰς γόνυ D.S. 17.115: in Poets also c. acc., κ. τρίποδα E. Ion 366, El. 980; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, Id. HF 48, Ion 6, 1317.

sit, recline at meals, X. Cyr. 8.4.2.

sit as judge, Hdt. 1.97, 5.25, Pl. Lg. 659b, Ph. 1.382; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, D. 24.89, cf. Hermes 17.5 (Delos).

reside, μετά τινος LXX Ru. 2.23 (3.1); ἐν πόλει ib. Ne. 11.1.

settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω Pl. Phdr. 254c; καθίσας ὁ φελλὸς ἀνοίξει τὸν κρουνόν Hero Spir. 1.20.

of ships, run aground, be stranded, Plb. 1.39.3, Str. 2.3.4.

Med. in intr. sense, Il. 19.50 (in tmesi), Theoc. 15.3, etc.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν θᾶκον Pl. R. 516e; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), D. 21.56 (nisi leg. καθέζεσθαι, as also ib. 162, both readings are found ib. 119); καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι Pl. Phdr. 228e.

of birds, settle, alight, Arist. HA 614b23.

leave goods purchased in a market, SIG 975.6 (Delos, iii B.C.).--Att. in this signf. acc. to Hsch.