συγκαθίζω

A. make to sit together or in a body, τὰ συνέδρια Hell.Oxy. 11.4; τὸν λαόν LXX Ex. 18.13:—Med. or Pass., sit in conclave, meet for deliberation, ς. τὸ δικαστήριον X. HG 5.2.35, cf. D. Prooem. 23 (v.l. ‐καθεζ‐).

II. intr. in Act., sit together, Lib. Or. 11.216.

2. settle down in a boiling pot, PHolm. 19.8.

III. sit or settle down, of quadrupeds that lie down by doubling their legs under them, Arist. HA 498a9; ς. ἐπὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν ib.578a21, cf. LXX Nu. 22.27; σῶμα συγκεκαθικός a bent, stooping figure, Arist. Phgn. 807b5; of men, crouch down, Plu. Arat. 21; of women, Thessalus in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).147; also τὰ νέφη εἰς τὰ κοῖλα ς. Thphr. Sign. 3.