ἕζομαι

ἕζομαι, imper.

A

ἕζευ Il.24.522

: [tense] impf. and [tense] aor. 2 ἑζόμην: [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Pass. ἕσθην, only ἦ 'σθῶ; S.OC195 (s.v.l.):—seat oneself, sit, in Hom. only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.,

εἰνὶ θρόνῳ Il.15.150

;

ἐς θρόνους Od.4.51

;

ἐπὶ δίφρῳ Il.6.354

;

κατὰ κλισμούς Od.3.389

;

ποτὶ βωμόν 22.379

;

ἐπὶ βάθρον S.OC100

, cf. Ar.Ra.682 (s. v.l.);

ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα Mimn.9

;

ἀμφὶ κλάδοις E.Ph.1516

(anap.): c. acc. only,

τόδ' ἕζετο μαντεῖον A. Eu.3

;

εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον S.Aj.249

(lyr.); ἐπὶ χθονὶ . . ἑζέσυην they sank to the earth, of a pair of scales, Il.8.74; once in Hdt.,

ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε 8.22

, and in late Prose, J.AJ18.6.6, Luc.Syr. D.31, Astr.10; in [dialect] Att. Prose καθέζομαι was always used.

2 crouch, in a posture of defence, Il.22.275, Od.14.31.

3 sink to the ground, collapse, Il.13.653, 14.495.

II [voice] Act., ἕζω set, place, is not found: for εἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι, v. ἵζω. (Cf. ἕδος.)