καθίημι
Infl. ionic κατ-
Infl. fut. καθήσω
Infl. aor1 καθῆκα
Infl. epic καθέηκα
Infl. perf. καθεῖκα
I. "to send down, let fall", Lat. demittere, Hom., etc.; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν (1st pl. aor2) "we let down, lowered" the sails, Od.; κ. ἄγκυραν Hdt.; κ. καταπειρητηρίην "to let down" a sounding-line, id=Hdt.; καθιέναι "to sound", Plat.; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη "let down" his legs, of one who had been lying down, id=Plat.; κ. δόρυ "to let down" one's pike, "bring" it "to the rest", Xen.; κ. τὰς κώπας "to let down" the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Thuc.:—rarely of striking, δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος Eur.; γόνυ καθεῖσαν sank on their knee, id=Eur.:— Pass. "to come down", of a cow's udder, Hdt.; καθεῖτο τὰ τείχη the walls "were carried down to the water", Thuc.
2. "to send down into the arena, enter for racing", ἅρματα, ζεύγη id=Thuc.; τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε "has entered" this plea, Dem.
3. "to set at", Lat. immittere, Luc.:—Pass. "to be put in motion", ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt.
II. seemingly intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν), "to swoop down" like a wind, Ar.; of rivers, "to run down", Plat.; κ. εἰς γόνυ "to sink" on the knee, Plut.