καθίζω
Infl. ionic κατ-
Infl. imperf. καθῖζον
Infl. or κάθιζον
Infl. attic ἐκάθιζον
Infl. fut. attic καθιῶ
Infl. doric καθιξῶ
Infl. aor1 ἐκάθι^σα
Infl. epic κάθι^σα
Infl. attic aor1 καθῖσα
Infl. ionic κατῖσα
Infl. epic part. καθίσσας
Infl. doric καθίξας
Infl. aor1 καθεῖσα
Infl. aor1 -θεσσα
Infl. Mid., imperf. ἐκαθιζόμην
Infl. fut. καθιζήσομαι
Infl. later καθίσομαι
Infl. aor1 ἐκαθισάμην
I. Causal, "to make to sit down, seat", Il., Hdt.; καθίσαι τινὰ εἰς θρόνον Xen.
2. "to set or place", Hom.; καθίσαι στρατόν "to encamp" it, Eur., Thuc.
b. "to set or place" for "any purpose, post", Od.; καθίσαι φυλάκους, φύλακας "to set" guards, Hdt., Xen.
3. "to set up", ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν Pind.
4. "to make" an assembly "take their seats", Od.; κ. τὸ δικαστήριον "to hold" the court, Ar.
5. "to put into a certain condition", κλαίοντά τινα κ. "to set" him a-weeping, Plat.; also, κλαίειν τινὰ κ. "to make" him weep, Xen.
II. intr., like καθέζομαι, "to sit down, be seated, take one's seat, sit", Hom., etc.:—c. acc., καθ. τρίποδα, βωμόν, (as we say ""to sit" a horse"), Eur.
2. "to sit at meals", Lat. discumbere, Xen.
3. "to sit as judge", Hdt., Dem.
4. "to sit down in a country, encamp", Thuc.
5. "to settle, sink in", Plat.
III. the Mid. is also used in intr. sense, Il., Theocr., etc.; καθίζεσθαι "to take their seats" (in the theatre), Dem.