Lexical Definition

‎καθίημι‎ kathíēmi (kath-ee'-ay-mee) to lower ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎

let down.

• and (to send)
• to lower

Abbott-Smith

καθ-ίημι, [in LXX: Ex 17:11 (נוּחַ hi.), and v.l., I Ch 21:27, Za 11:13, Je 39 (32):14**;]
to send or let down: seq. εἰς, Lk 5:19; διά, c. gen., Lk 5:19, Ac 9:25; ptcp., seq. ἐπί, c. gen., Ac 10:11; ἐκ, Ac 11:5.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καθίημι,

Ionic dialect κατ-, future καθήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist 1 καθῆκα, Epic dialect καθέηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: 2nd pers. dual aorist 2 κάθετον [Refs]: perfect καθεῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [κεραυνὸν].. ἧκε Χαμᾶζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, [Refs]; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, [Refs]; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα πύργων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοντὸν ἐς [τὴν λίμνην] κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σπονδάς pour them, [Refs]; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, [Refs 5th c.BC+] reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+] pass a catheter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+] (passive, of a mare's udder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, καθεῖτο τείχη [Refs]; καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (i.e. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of striking, δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, [Refs]; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; [πώλους] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, [Refs]:—passive, stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+] U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plays, produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδασκαλίαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Comedy texts for προθεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: frequently in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 allow to return from exile, φυγάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in arenam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, variant for{κατῆγεν}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]