ἕζομαι
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Quotation
Ἑδώλια. ἕζω ἢ ἕδω, τροπῇ τοῦ ζ εἰς δ ἕδω ἑδοῦμαι, καὶ καθεδοῦμαι, παρ’ Ἀττικοῖς.
Translation (En)
Hedōlia "abodes". Hezō "to sit", or hedō, by change of /z/ to /d/ hedō, hedoumai, and kathedoumai in Attic
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 401 (Ἑδώλια· ἐπὶ τῶν ναυτικῶν καθεδρῶν· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ ἕζω. κυρίως τὰ τῆς νηὸς ζυγά); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 317 (Ἑδώλια: Ἐπὶ τῶν ναυτικῶν καθεδρῶν· κυρίως ἐφ’ ὧν οἱ ἐρέται καθέζονται. Γίνεται παρὰ τὸ ἕζω· καὶ Δωρικῶς, ἑδώλιον· καὶ ἑδωλιάσαι, ἀντὶ τοῦ συγκαθίσαι· ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶν ἑδωλίων. Ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἑδοῦμαι καὶ καθεδοῦμαι Ἀττικῶς. Ἢ ἐδωλίον); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 614 (Ἐδώλια. αἱ καθέδραι. κυρίως δὲ τὰ τῆς νεὼς ζυγὰ, ἐν οἷς κάθηνται οἱ κωπηλάται. παρὰ τὸ ἕζω δωρικῶς ἑδώλιον. ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἑδοῦμαι καὶ καθεδοῦμαι); Scholia in Sophoclem, Aj. 1277 (recentiora) (<ἑδωλίοις:> ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕδω, τὸ κάθημαι)
Comment
Derivational etymology correctly relating ἑδώλιον to ἕζομαι – although the former is not directly derived from the latter. The etymology starts from the verb, and by a formal change obtains the stem hed- found in most nominal forms (ἕδρα "chair", ἕδος "seat")