chiefly used in part. and 3 sg. impf. ; inf. ἐφέζεσθαι Od. 4.717; imper. ἐφέζεο AP 15.13 (Const. Sic.): — sit upon, c. dat., δενδρέῳ ἐφεζόμενοι Il. 3.152; πατρὸς ἐφέζετο γούνασι 21.506; δίφρῳ ἐφέζεσθαι Od. 4.717, cf. 509; ἔνθα δ’ ἄρ’ αὐτὸς ἐφέζετο 17.334; ὄχθῳ Ar. Av. 774 (lyr.); also c. gen., Pi. N. 4.67, A.R. 3.1001; ἐπὶ νώτοις Mosch. 2.125; εἰς αὖλιν AP 5.236.10 (Agath.); also c. acc., Εὐρώταν ἐφεζόμεναι E. Hel. 1492 (lyr.); τύχη… ναῦν θέλουσ’ ἐ. A. Ag. 664.
sit by or near, c. acc., οὐδ’ ἔχων μύσος… τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρετας prob. for ἐφεζομένη, Id. Eu. 446. Cf. ἐφίζω.