v. ἕζω.

imper. ἕζευ Il. 24.522; impf. and aor.2 ἑζόμην ; aor.1aor.1 Pass. ἕσθην, only ἦ ΄σθῶ ; S. OC 195 (s.v.l.): — seat oneself, sit, in Hom. only pres. and impf., εἰνὶ θρόνῳ Il. 15.150; ἐς θρόνους Od. 4.51; ἐπὶ δίφρῳ Il. 6.354; κατὰ κλισμούς Od. 3.389; ποτὶ βωμόν 22.379; ἐπὶ βάθρον S. OC 100, cf. Ar. Ra. 682 (s.v.l.); ἕ. ἐς Κολοφῶνα Mimn. 9; ἀμφὶ κλάδοις E. Ph. 1516 (anap.); c. acc. only, τόδ’ ἕζετο μαντεῖον A. Eu. 3; εἰρεσίας ζυγὸν ἑζόμενον S. Aj. 249 (lyr.); ἐπὶ χθονὶ… ἑζέσυην they sank to the earth, of a pair of scales, Il. 8.74; once in Hdt., ἐκ τοῦ μέσου ἡμῖν ἕζεσθε 8.22, and in late Prose, J. AJ 18.6.6, Luc. Syr. D. 31, Astr. 10; in Att. Prose καθέζομαι was always used.
crouch, in a posture of defence, Il. 22.275, Od. 14.31.
sink to the ground, collapse, Il. 13.653, 14.495. Act., ἕζω set, place, is not found; for εἷσα, εἱσάμην, εἵσομαι, εἷμαι, v. ἵζω. (Cf. ἕδος.)

s. ἕδω.