καθιζάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰτᾰ́ (katá) +‎ ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hizánō, “to cause to sit”) with apocopic form καθ’.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʰiz.dá.nɔː/ → /ka.θiˈza.no/ → /ka.θiˈza.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰiz.dá.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰiˈza.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.θiˈza.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.θiˈza.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.θiˈza.no/

Verb

κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω • (kathizánō)

1. (causal) to make sit
2. (transitive) to sit

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• κᾰθέζομαι (kathézomai), ἕζομαι (hézomai, “sit oneself, sit down”)
• κᾰ́θημαι (káthēmai), ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”)
• κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω (kathizánō), ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hizánō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
• κᾰθῐ́ζω (kathízō), ῐ̔́ζω (hízō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)

Further reading

• “καθιζάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καθιζάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καθιζάνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καθιζάνω (kathizánō, “to cause to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaθiˈzano/
• Hyphenation: κα‧θι‧ζά‧νω

Verb

καθιζάνω • (kathizáno) (imperfect καθίζανα) found only in the imperfective tenses

1. (geoglogy, learned) (of earth) subside of ground
2. (chemistry, learned) (of particles in a solution) settle down, as in sedimentation

Conjugation

καθιζάνω   (active forms only imperfective)

	Active voice ➤   —   Imperfective aspect ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Present ➤	Imperfect ➤	Future ➤
1 sg	καθιζάνω  (καθίζω →)	καθίζανα	θα καθιζάνω
2 sg	καθιζάνεις	καθίζανες	θα καθιζάνεις
3 sg	καθιζάνει	καθίζανε	θα καθιζάνει
1 pl	καθιζάνουμε, [‑ομε]	καθιζάναμε	θα καθιζάνουμε, [‑ομε]
2 pl	καθιζάνετε	καθιζάνατε	θα καθιζάνετε
3 pl	καθιζάνουν(ε)	καθίζαναν, καθιζάναν(ε)	θα καθιζάνουν(ε)
Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας).
Imperative mood ➤	2 sg	2 pl
Imperfective aspect	—	καθιζάνετε
Other forms	Present participle ➤
	καθιζάνοντας ➤
Notes     Appendix:Greek verbs	• Learned verb from Ancient Greek. Defective: present stem only. Used mainly in present tense.  • (…) optional or informal.   […] rare.   {…} learned, archaic.  • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.  • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Synonyms

• κατακάθομαι (katakáthomai, “to become sediment, settle downwards”)

Derived terms

• καθίζημα n (kathízima, “sediment”)
• καθίζηση f (kathízisi, “subsiding, sedimentation”)

Related terms

• καθίζω (kathízo, “to make sit”)
• κάθομαι (káthomai, “to sit”)