καθέζομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
κατα- (kata-) + ἕζομαι (hézomai)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tʰé.zo.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈtʰe.zo.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈθe.zo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈθe.zo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈθe.zo.me/
Verb
κᾰθέζομαι • (kathézomai)
- to sit down
Conjugation
Present: κᾰθέζομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | κᾰθέζομαι | κᾰθέζῃ, κᾰθέζει | κᾰθέζεται | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζεσθε | κᾰθέζονται | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰθέζωμαι | κᾰθέζῃ | κᾰθέζηται | κᾰθέζησθον | κᾰθέζησθον | κᾰθεζώμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζησθε | κᾰθέζωνται | |||||
| optative | κᾰθεζοίμην | κᾰθέζοιο | κᾰθέζοιτο | κᾰθέζοισθον | κᾰθεζοίσθην | κᾰθεζοίμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζοισθε | κᾰθέζοιντο | |||||
| imperative | κᾰθέζου | κᾰθεζέσθω | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθεζέσθων | κᾰθέζεσθε | κᾰθεζέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰθέζεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰθεζόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | κᾰθεζομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | κᾰθεζόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: κᾰθεζόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | κᾰθεζόμην | κᾰθέζου | κᾰθέζετο | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθεζέσθην | κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζεσθε | κᾰθέζοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: κᾰθεζόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | κᾰθεζόμην | κᾰθέζου | κᾰθέζετο | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθεζέσθην | κᾰθεζόμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζεσθε | κᾰθέζοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰθέζωμαι | κᾰθέζῃ | κᾰθέζηται | κᾰθέζησθον | κᾰθέζησθον | κᾰθεζώμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζησθε | κᾰθέζωνται | |||||
| optative | κᾰθεζοίμην | κᾰθέζοιο | κᾰθέζοιτο | κᾰθέζοισθον | κᾰθεζοίσθην | κᾰθεζοίμεθᾰ | κᾰθέζοισθε | κᾰθέζοιντο | |||||
| imperative | κᾰθεζοῦ | κᾰθεζέσθω | κᾰθέζεσθον | κᾰθεζέσθων | κᾰθέζεσθε | κᾰθεζέσθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰθεζέσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰθεζόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | κᾰθεζομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | κᾰθεζόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἀποκαθέζομαι (apokathézomai)
- διακαθέζομαι (diakathézomai)
- ἐγκαθέζομαι (enkathézomai)
- ἐπικαθέζομαι (epikathézomai)
- μετακαθέζομαι (metakathézomai)
- προκαθέζομαι (prokathézomai)
- προσκαθέζομαι (proskathézomai)
- συγκαθέζομαι (sunkathézomai)
- συμπαρακαθέζομαι (sumparakathézomai)
- ὑπερκαθέζομαι (huperkathézomai)
- ὑποκαθέζομαι (hupokathézomai)
Further reading
- “καθέζομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καθέζομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καθέζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- encamp idem, page 270.
- sit idem, page 779.