καθίημι

A. καθήσω A. Eu. 555(lyr.): aor. 1 καθῆκα, Ep. καθέηκα Il. 24.642: 2 dual aor. 2 κάθετον h.Ap. 487: pf. καθεῖκα Lysipp. 1, D. 29.46: (v. ἵημι):—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [κεραυνὸν] . . ἧκε Χαμᾶζε Il. 8.134; κατὰ δ’ ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, 24.642; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, Od. 9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν A. Eu. l.c.; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, Hdt. 5.16; σῶμα πύργων κ. E. Tr. 1011; κοντὸν ἐς [τὴν λίμνην] κ. Hdt. 4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα E. Hel. 1614; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ ib. 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν Id. IT 1181 (so metaph. τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε D. 29.46); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα E. Ion 1034; νάρθηκ’ ἐς πέδον Id. Ba. 706; κ. σπονδάς pour them, Id. IA 60; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, S. Aj. 1285; ἄγκυραν Hdt. 7.36; τὰ δίκτυα Arist. HA 533b18; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, Hdt. 2.28: abs., καθιέναι reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν Arist. Mete. 351a13: Medic., [αὐλίσκον] pass a catheter, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 7.11; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε(παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) Ar. V. 174; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, D.C. 41.47; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, Ael. VH 2.13, NA 1.57; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, E. Ba. 695, cf. IT 52; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, Ar. Ec. 100, cf. Th. 841, Arr. Epict. 2.23.21 (Pass., τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι Crates Com. 27; πώγωνα καθειμένος Plu. Phoc. 10; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο Ael. VH 11.10); [αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν Arist. HA 596a24 (Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt. 4.2); also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, Th. 5.52 (Pass., καθεῖτο τείχη 4.103); καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, Pl. Phd. 61c; κατ’ ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (sc. τὰ σκέλη)καθέντος, of a wrestler, Gal. 6.143; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, X. An. 6.5.25; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th. 2.91; rarely of striking, δῑ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος E. Ph. 1413; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα Id. HF 993; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, Id. Hec. 561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν Id. IT 333; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, Id. HF 1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν D.H. 5.27; [πώλους] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην E. IA 423; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς . . let them march into . . , Plb. 3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν Id. 3.92.7; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, Id. 4.63.9:—Pass., stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα Pl. Criti. 118a; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου Epicur. Ep. 2p.47U., cf. p.51 U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, Hdn. 5.2.3.

2. send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, Th. 6.16, Isoc. 16.34; of plays, produce, Eratosth. ap. Sch.Ar. Nu. 552 (Pass.); διδασκαλίαν Plu. Cim. 8; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι . . γνώμας καθεῖναι (Com. for προθεῖναι) Ar. Ec. 397; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. D. 24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, Luc. DMeretr. 7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας Philostr. VA 6.38; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, Plu. Per. 7, cf. Philostr. VA 4.42:—Pass., to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt. 7.138.

3. allow to return from exile, φυγάδας X. HG 2.2.20.

II. intr., swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς Ar. Eq. 430; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου Pl. Phd. 112e; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, Plu. Ant. 45; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Lat. descendere in arenam, Id. 2.616d, Luc. Alex. 6; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, v.l. for κατῆγεν, Polyaen. 5.17.2.