LogeionPerseus analysis of καθῆστο:
κάθημαι (to be seated, sit): plup ind mid 3rd sg
LSJ entry
κάθημαι
κάθημαι,
Ion. κάτ-, 2
sg. κάθησαι (
Ion. κάτ- Hdt. 3.134)
X. Cyr. 3.1.6,
prob. in Call. Sos.vi4,
κάθῃ Hyp. Fr. 115,
Act.Ap. 23.3,
dub.l. in Com.Adesp. 1203, (
προ-)
Them. Or. 13.171a codd.; 3
sg. κάθηται Ar. Lys. 597,
Pl. Ap. 35c,
D. 9.70,
SIG 987.26
(Chios, iv B.C.);
Ion. 3
pl. κατέαται Hdt. 2.86;
imper. κάθησο Il. 2.191,
E. IA 627;
κάθου Ar. Fr. 620,
Anaxandr. 13,
Men. 1017,
Alex. 224;
κάθουσο Sch.Theoc. 11.42; 3
sg. καθήσθω A. Pr. 916; 3
pl. καθήσθωσαν IG 9(2).1109.38
(Thess.); subj. καθῶμαι, κάθῃ Cratin. 277,
καθῆται Ar. Eq. 754;
opt.καθοίμην Id. Ra. 919,
prob. in Id. Lys. 149;
inf.καθῆσθαι;
part.καθήμενος:
impf.ἐκαθήμην Ar. Ec. 152,
D. 48.31,
etc., ἐκάθητο h.Bacch. 14,
Ar. Av. 510,
Th. 5.6,
ἐκάθησθε Ar. Ach. 638,
ἐκάθηντο,
Ion. ἐκατέατο v.l. in Hdt. 3.144,
8.73;
also without syll. augm.καθῆστο Il. 1.569,
E. Ba. 1102,
Ph. 1467,
Pl. R. 328c,
Is. 6.19,
καθῆτο D. 18.169,217;
Ion. κατῆστο Hdt. 1.46,
καθῆσθε D. 25.21 (with vv. ll.), καθῆντο Ar. Ec. 302,
v.l. in Th. 5.58;
Ep. καθήατο Il. 11.76;
Ion. κατέατο Hdt. 3.144,
8.73,
9.90 (v.l. καθ-): the later fut. καθήσομαι LXXLe. 8.35,
Ev.Luc. 22.30 is corrupt in E. Fr. 960:—
A. to be seated, sit,
αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς Il. 2.191;
κάθησʼ ἑδραία E. Andr. 266:
freq. in part.,
πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος Il. 16.407;
ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε κ.
Od. 5.82;
κ. οἶος ἐν Ἴδῃ Il. 8.207;
ἐν ἀγῶνι κ.
23.448;
κλαῖον δʼ ἐν λεχέεσσι κ.
Od. 10.497;
θύρῃσι κ.
17.530;
ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις Ar. Nu. 466;
αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο κ.
even from his seat as he sat there,
Od. 21.420;
καθήμεθʼ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων S. Ant. 411;
ἐκ μέσου κατῆστο sate aloof, remained neutral, Hdt. 3.83,
cf. 4.118,
8.73;
ἐν θρόνῳ κ.
Id. 2.149;
θρόνῳ κ.
E. El. 315;
κ. πρὸς τάφῳ Id. Hel. 1084;
πρὸς τὸ πῦρ Ar. V. 773;
ἐπὶ δίφρου Pl. R. 328c;
ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων X. Cyr. 4.5.54;
ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος Act.Ap. 8.28;
ἐς τοὐργαστήριον Alciphr. 3.27:
c. acc. cogn., ἕδραν κ.
E. Heracl. 55:
c. acc. loci, sit on,
ὀφρύην ib. 394.
2. esp. of courts, councils, assemblies, etc., sit:
οἱ καθήμενοι the judges, the court,
And. 1.139,
D. 6.3,
etc.; δικαστὰς οὐχ ὁρῶ καθημένους Ar. Nu. 208;
ὑμεῖς οἱ καθήμενοι you who sit as judges,
Th. 5.85;
οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κ. ὁ δικαστής Pl. Ap. 35c;
κ. ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων D. 58.25;
of the βουλή,
And. 1.43;
βουλῆς περὶ τούτων καθημένης D. 21.116;
of an assembly, X. An. 5.10.5;
οἱ κ.
the spectators in a theatre,
Hegesipp. 1.29.
3. sit still, sit quiet,
ὕψι περ ἐν νεφέεσσι καθημένω Od. 16.264;
σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο (for ἐκάθηντο)
Il. 11.76;
ἐν πένθεϊ μεγάλῳ κατῆστο Hdt. 1.46;
μετὰ κόπον κ.
rest after labour, S. Fr. 479.3:
and, in bad sense, sit doing nothing, lie idle,
Il. 24.403,
Hdt. 3.134;
of an army, Id. 9.56,
Th. 4.124;
of a boatʼs crew, PCair.Zen. 107.6 (iii B.C.);
οὐδὲν ποιοῦντες ἐνθάδε καθήμεθα, μέλλοντες ἀεί D. 11.17,
cf. 2.23,
S. Fr. 142.20,
etc.; also, of an army, to have its quarters, be encamped,
περὶ τὰς Ἀχαρνάς Th. 2.20,
cf. 101;
ἐχθρῶν ὑπʼ αὐτοῖς τείχεσιν καθημένων E. Ph. 752.