ἧμαι
hemai
to be seated, sit
Appears 116 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἧμαι, ἧσαι, ἧσται Alc. (v. infr.) (but κάθ-ηται, v. κάθημαι) , ἧσθον h.Ap. 456, ἥμεθα, ἧστε, ἧνται Fr. 122, Ep. εἵᾰται Il. 10.100, ἕᾰται 3.134 (κατέαται 1.199); imper. ἧσο , ἥσθω (καθ-) Pr. 916; subj. and opt. only in compd. καθ-; inf. ἧσθαι; part. ἥμενος: impf. ἥμην, ἧσο, ἧστο (but ἐκάθητο, καθ-ῆτο, v. κάθημαι), dual ἥσθην (ἑήσθην A. 815), pl. ἥμεθα (ἥμεσθα IA 88), ἧσθε 142, ἧντο, Ep. εἵᾰτο Il. 7.61, ἕᾰτο ib.414, ἐκατέατο 8.73 (v.l. ἐκαθ-): (I.-E. ēs-, cf. Skt. āste (= ἧσται) ‘sitsʼ; aspirate borrowed from ἵζω, ἕζομαι; Ep. εἵαται εἵατο fr. ἥαται ἥατο (which shd. perh. be restored) through ἕαται ἕατο):—A. to be seated, sit, Il. 1.498, etc.: freq. with collat. sense, sit still, sit idle, 2.255, 18.104, etc.; ἧσθαι ἐν εἰρήνῃ 1.4; κατʼ οἴκους ἐκτὸς ἡμένῳ πόνων Fr. 10; of an army, encamp, Il. 15.740, 24.542; πόλιν ἀμφί 18.509; πρόσθε τειχέων Supp. 664; of a spy, lurk, Il. 18.523: metaph., πρὸς ἐμᾷ ψυχᾷ θάρσος ἧσται c. acc. et inf., Alc. 604 (lyr.); lie hid, ἥατʼ ἐνὶ Τρώων ἀγορῇ κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππῳ, i.e. in the wooden horse, Od. 8.503, cf. 512; of magistrates, ἐν ἀρχαῖς ἥμενοι Andr. 699; δαιμόνων σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων Ag. 183 (lyr.); later, of things, lie, ἱρὸν ἧσται 9.57; ἐπὶ στέγος ἱερὸν ἧνται κάλπιδες Fr. 122, cf. Syr.D. 31; ἡμένῳ ἐν χώρῳ (or χόρτῳ) in a low place, 13.40:—Constr.: mostly with Preps., ἐνὶ δίφρῳ Il. 16.403, cf. Pr. 368, etc.; ἐπὶ κορυφῆς Il. 14.158; ἐπʼ ἐσχάραις Eu. 806; παρὰ κλισίῃ Il. 1.330, etc.; ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ 15.153: c. dat., Ὀλύμπῳ 13.524, cf. 21.389, etc.; ἐρετμοῖς at the oar, Cyc. 16; ἀνορόφοις πέτραις Ba. 38: rarely c. acc., Ag. 183 (v. supr.); Σιμόεντος κοίτας Rh. 547: c. part . . τίη . . ἧσʼ ὀλιγηπελέων; Il. 15.245; ὀδυρόμενος, ἀλλοφρονέων, Od. 14.41, 10.374; πεφυλαγμένος ἧσο Orac. ap. 7.148; ἐκπεπληγμένη Tr. 24.
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