ἕζομαι

• seat oneself, sit, in Hom. only pres. and 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. OC 100, cf. Ar. Ra. 682 (s. v.l.); ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα Mimn. 9; ἀμφὶ κλάδοις E. Ph. 1516 (anap.): c. acc. only, τόδʼ ἕζετο μαντεῖον A. Eu. 3; εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον S. Aj. 249 (lyr.); ἐπὶ χθονὶ . . ἑζέσθην 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. AJ 18.6.6, Luc. Syr. D. 31, Astr. 10; in 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 Act., ἕζω set, place, is not found: for εἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι, v. ἵζω. (Cf. ἕδος.)

[σε-σδ-,

redup. fr. (σ)εδ-, the rough breathing representing the first ς. Cf. ἵζω, L. sedeo.]

The pres. indic. only in 2 sing. ἕζεαι Od. 10.378.

The forms form ἑζόμην (with imp. ἕζευ Il. 24.522) may be regarded as aorists, with the infin. accented ἑζέσθαι.

3 sing. aor. act. from the same root εἷσε Il. 1.311, Il. 2.549, Il. 3.382, Il. 6.189, Il. 7.57, Il. 9.200, Il. 23.359: Od. 1.130, Od. 4.531, Od. 6.8, Od. 7.169, Od. 8.472, Od. 10.233, 314, 366, Od. 12.34, Od. 14.49, Od. 15.286, Od. 18.103, Od. 20.210.

3 pl. εἷσαν Il. 4.392, Il. 5.693, Il. 23.698, Il. 24.578, 720: Od. 3.416, Od. 6.212. ἕσαν Il. 19.393.

Imp. εἷσον Od. 7.163.

Pple. ἕσας Od. 14.280.

Fem. ἕσασα Od. 10.361.

Also 3 sing. aor. in mid. form ἐέσσατο Od. 14.295.

(ἀν-, ἐφ-, καθ-, παρ-.)

• I

  In pres. and in impf. (or aor. (see above)).

• • 1

    To seat oneself, sit down, take one’s seat: ἕζετʼ ἀπάνευθε νεῶν Il. 1.48. Cf. Il. 1.68, 246, 349, Il. 3.211, Il. 6.354, etc.: ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς Od. 1.145. Cf. Od. 2.14, Od. 4.51, 136, Od. 12.172, Od. 17.602, etc.

  • 2

    To crouch down: ἕζετο προϊδών Il. 22.275. Cf. Od. 14.31.

    To sink to the ground, collapse Il. 13.653, Il. 14.495, Il. 21.115.

    To sink (to the ground): αἱ Ἀχαιῶν κῆρες ἐπὶ χθονὶ ἑζέσθην Il. 8.74.

  • 3

    To assume a sitting from a recumbent position: ἕζετο δʼ ὀρθωθείς Il. 2.42, Il. 23.235. Cf. Od. 6.118.

• II

  In sigmatic aor. act. and mid.

• • 1

    To cause to seat oneself, bid be seated: κὰδ δʼ εἶσεν Ἀχαιούς Il. 7.57. Cf. Il. 9.200, Il. 24.578: ξεῖνον ἐπὶ θρόνου εἷσον Od. 7.163. Cf. Od. 1.130, Od. 3.416, Od. 7.169, Od. 8.472, Od. 10.233, 314 = 366, Od. 12.34, Od. 14.49, Od. 15.286.

  • 2

    To cause (a person) to be somewhere, place (him) there: κὰδ δʼ εἷσʼ ἐν θαλάμῳ Il. 3.382. Cf. Il. 5.693, Il. 23.698: ἐς ἀσάμινθον ἕσασα Od. 10.361, ἐς λιβύην μʼ ἐπὶ νηὸς ἐέσσατο (for a voyage to Libya) Od. 14.295. Cf. Od. 6.212, Od. 14.280, Od. 18.103.

  • 3

    To lay or post (an ambush): λόχον Il. 4.392, Il. 6.189: Od. 4.531.

  • 4

    To post, detail for a duty: σκοπὸν εἷσε Φοίνικα Il. 23.359. Cf. Il. 24.720.

    So of putting in charge: ἐπὶ βουσίν Od. 20.210.

  • 5

    To place, establish, settle: κὰδ δʼ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν

    [Ἐρεχθῆα] Il. 2.549.

    So to settle (a people) Od. 6.8.

  • 6

    With ἀνά, to put on board a ship Il. 1.311.

  • 7

    To put in its place, settle: ἀμφὶ λέπαδνʼ ἕσαν Il. 19.393.

• • Ito seat oneself, sit, ἐν λέκτρωι, ἐπὶ δίφρωι, κατὰ κλισμούς Hom.; ἐπὶ χθονὶ ἑζέσθην they sank to the earth, of a pair of scales, Il.:—cf καθέζομαι.
  • IIthere is no act. pres., ἕζω, to set, place; though, as if from it, we have trans. tenses εἷσα, mid. εἱσάμην, fut. mid. εἵσομαι, perf. pass. εἷμαι; v. εἷσα.