κάθομαι

Pronunciation: /ˈkaθome/

“κάθομαι” is a Greek word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

to remain standing
to stay, reside
to be occupied with
to remain idle, to be bored, doing nothing, settle
to accept, be patient
to retreat, to become sedimented (of things)
to be of less efficiency, worsened results
to happen by fluke

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κάθομαι (“I stay, reside”) from Ancient Greek κάθημαι (káthēmai, “to sit, to sit down, to be idle”). * The perfective stem καθισ- as in simple past κάθισα (káthisa), from aorist Ancient Greek ἐκάθισᾰ/κάθισᾰ of verb καθίζω (kathízō). * The second perfective stem κατσ- e.g. έκατσα (ékatsa), from εκάθισα (ekáthisa) (with omission of /i/ & [θs] > [ts]) of verb καθίζω…

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