παρακαθ-ίζω · parakath-izō — LSJ
set beside, near
set beside or near, Pl. R. 553d; τινὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ βάθρου D.C. 73.3; στρατιὰν π. περὶ τὴν πόλιν Palaeph. 40: intr., = signf. II, LXX Jb. 2.13, D.S. 23.9, Arr. l.c., Plu. Mar. 17.
2 let, sit down beside, make, assessor, co-arbiter
Med. with aor. 1 παρεκαθισάμην, let another sit down beside one, π. παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας ἑαυτοῖς Lycurg. 141, cf. J. AJ 19.4.5; also π. τινά make him assessor or co-arbiter, D. 33.14.
II seat oneself, sit down beside, near
mostly Pass. and Med., fut. -καθιζήσομαι Pl. Ly. 207b: aor. 2 παρεκαθεζόμην Id. Euthd. 273b, Ar. Pl. 727; part. παρακαθεζόμενος X. Cyr. 5.5.7, Mem. 4.2.8, Pl. Chrm. 153c, Thphr. Char. 3.2, Plu. Art. 26; later -καθεσθείς Ev.Luc. 10.39, J. AJ 6.11.9, Gal. 14.637:—seat oneself, sit down beside or near another, ll. cc., Pl. Tht. 144d.