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Ἧσθαι · to be seated (η 590) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near η590

η586you were
η587might be pleased
η588I was pleased
η589they have perceived
η590to be seated
η591to have put on, to have clothed oneself [in]
η592had put on, had clothed himself [in]
η593I was eating, they were eating
η594was practicing

Suda/Η eta/η590

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Ἧσθαι

to be seated

Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jul 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
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4 words

Translation

[Meaning] to sit down.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἧσθαι· καθῆσθαι.

Betacode

*(=hsqai: kaqh=sqai.

Notes

The headword is infinitive of h(=mai (cf. eta 287, eta 293, eta 321).
cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.134, where it occurs (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

η602Ἧσταιis seated[Meaning he/she/it] sits down. But h)=|stai [means he/she/it] is made famous.
η604Ἥστηνthe two were seated[Meaning] they were sitting down, a dual. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "so the two did not sit" -- some [read] i)/sthn [spelled] with iota, meaning they knew -- "they knew nothing except biting."

Neighbouring entries

η588ἭσθηνI was pleased η589ᾜσθηνταιthey have perceived η590Ἧσθαιto be seated η591Ἠσθῆσθαιto have put on, to have clothed oneself [in]η592Ἤσθητοhad put on, had clothed himself [in]

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Jan 2014

21 Jan 2014note typo — David Whitehead
25 Dec 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
20 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2006added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
31 Jul 2006augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
30 Jul 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἧσθαι (Adler number eta 590), trans. Catharine Roth, 30 Jul 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/590

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗