The Ancient Greek word for to sit is
ἕζομαι
Translations for to sit and their definitions
| ἕζομαι | |
| 1. v. I sit, sit oneself |
| καθίζω | |
| 1. v. (causal) to make to sit down, seat | |
| 2. v. to set or place | |
| 3. v. # to set or place for any purpose, post | |
| 4. v. to set up | |
| 5. v. to make an assembly take their seats, convene or hold an assembly | |
| 6. v. to put into a certain condition | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) to sit down, be seated, take one's seat, sit | |
| 8. v. to sit at meals | |
| 9. v. to sit as judge | |
| 10. v. to sit down in a country, encamp | |
| 11. v. to settle, sink in | |
| 12. v. (of ships) to run aground, be stranded | |
| 13. v. middle, intransitive | |
| 14. v. (of birds) to settle, alight |
| κάθημαι | |
| 1. v. to be seated | |
| 2. v. to be seated in court | |
| 3. v. # (present participle) (m, grc, οἱ, tr=-) καθήμενοι: the judges | |
| 4. v. to sit still, sit quietly, sit idly, do nothing | |
| 5. v. to lead a sedentary, obscure life | |
| 6. v. (of people) to be settled | |
| 7. v. (of things) to be set or placed |
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