ἕζομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *heďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *séd-ye-, from *sed-. Compare ἵζω (hízō, “set”). Cognate with Old English sittan (English sit), Old Norse sitja and Old High German sizzen.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hé.zo.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e.zo.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.zo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.zo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.zo.me/
Verb
ἕζομαι • (hézomai) (chiefly poetic)
- I sit, sit oneself
Usage notes
There is no active present *ἕζω (*hézō), but there are transitive tenses as though they derive from it (later forms): See ἵζω (hízō) for
- εἷσα (heîsa),
- middle aorist εἱσάμην (heisámēn) (with the sense ἱδρύω (“dedicate temples statues”)),
- middle future εἵσομαι (heísomai),
- passive perfect εἷμαι (heîmai)
Inflection
Present: ἕζομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | ἕζομαι | ἕζῃ, ἕζει | ἕζεται | ἕζεσθον | ἕζεσθον | ἑζόμεθᾰ | ἕζεσθε | ἕζονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἕζωμαι | ἕζῃ | ἕζηται | ἕζησθον | ἕζησθον | ἑζώμεθᾰ | ἕζησθε | ἕζωνται | |||||
| optative | ἑζοίμην | ἕζοιο | ἕζοιτο | ἕζοισθον | ἑζοίσθην | ἑζοίμεθᾰ | ἕζοισθε | ἕζοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἕζου | ἑζέσθω | ἕζεσθον | ἑζέσθων | ἕζεσθε | ἑζέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἕζεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἑζόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἑζομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἑζόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἑζόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | ἑζόμην | ἕζου | ἕζετο | ἕζεσθον | ἑζέσθην | ἑζόμεθᾰ | ἕζεσθε | ἕζοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἑζόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἑζόμην | ἕζου | ἕζετο | ἕζεσθον | ἑζέσθην | ἑζόμεθᾰ | ἕζεσθε | ἕζοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ἕζωμαι | ἕζῃ | ἕζηται | ἕζησθον | ἕζησθον | ἑζώμεθᾰ | ἕζησθε | ἕζωνται | |||||
| optative | ἑζοίμην | ἕζοιο | ἕζοιτο | ἕζοισθον | ἑζοίσθην | ἑζοίμεθᾰ | ἕζοισθε | ἕζοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἑζοῦ | ἑζέσθω | ἕζεσθον | ἑζέσθων | ἕζεσθε | ἑζέσθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἑζέσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἑζόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἑζομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἑζόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- κᾰθέζομαι (kathézomai), ἕζομαι (hézomai, “sit oneself, sit down”)
- κᾰ́θημαι (káthēmai), ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”)
- κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω (kathizánō), ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hizánō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
- κᾰθῐ́ζω (kathízō), ῐ̔́ζω (hízō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
Derived terms
- ἀποκαθέζομαι (apokathézomai)
- διακαθέζομαι (diakathézomai)
- ἐγκαθέζομαι (enkathézomai)
- ἐνέζομαι (enézomai)
- ἐπικαθέζομαι (epikathézomai)
- ἐφέζομαι (ephézomai)
- καθέζομαι (kathézomai)
- μετακαθέζομαι (metakathézomai)
- παρέζομαι (parézomai)
- προκαθέζομαι (prokathézomai)
- προσκαθέζομαι (proskathézomai)
- συγκαθέζομαι (sunkathézomai)
- συμπαρακαθέζομαι (sumparakathézomai)
- συνέζομαι (sunézomai)
- ὑπερκαθέζομαι (huperkathézomai)
- ὑποκαθέζομαι (hupokathézomai)
- ὑφέζομαι (huphézomai)
Related terms
- ἧμαι (hêmai) (see inflection notes)
- ἵζω (hízō)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕζομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
- “ἕζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἕζομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕζομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕζομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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- perch idem, page 607.