ἕζομαι

From Proto-Hellenic *heďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *séd-ye-, from *sed-. Compare ἵζω (hízō, “set”). Cognate with Old English sittan (English sit), Old Norse sitja and Old High German sizzen.

ἕζομαι • (hézomai) (chiefly poetic)

1. to sit, sit oneself

There is no active present *ἕζω (*hézō), but there are transitive tenses as though they derive from it (later forms): See ἵζω (hízō) for

• εἷσα (heîsa),
• middle aorist εἱσάμην (heisámēn) (with the sense ἱδρύω (“dedicate temples statues”)),
• middle future εἵσομαι (heísomai),
• passive perfect εἷμαι (heîmai)

• κᾰθέζομαι (kăthézomai), ἕζομαι (hézomai, “sit oneself, sit down”)
• κᾰ́θημαι (kắthēmai), ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”)
• κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω (kăthĭzắnō), ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hĭzắnō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
• κᾰθῐ́ζω (kăthĭ́zō), ῐ̔́ζω (hĭ́zō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)

• ἧμαι (hêmai) (see inflection notes)
• ἵζω (hízō)

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  • perch idem, page 607.