ἕζομαι

hezomai

seat oneself, sit

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Euthydemus 2
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300d5
303b7
Gorgias 1
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458d2
Lovers 1
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134b3
Phaedo 1
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97c2
Phaedrus 1
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228b7
Protagoras 1
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315b3
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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368a1
Timaeus 1
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21c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἕζομαι, imper. ἕζευ Il. 24.522: impf. and aor. 2 ἑζόμην: aor. 1 Pass. ἕσθην, only ἦ ʼσθῶ; S. OC 195 (s.v.l.):—Α. 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.)

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