καθήκω,
Ionic dialect κατήκω, (see. ἥκω)
come or
go down, especially to fight, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
come down to, reach to, ἐς θάλασσαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ θάλ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρκος. εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα
tapering away, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
come in due course to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking
came to us, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
4) of Time, ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in
participle, τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνου the
normal time, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ κ. ἡμέραι the
regular, proper days, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of events, ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσης as the festival
fell on those days, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when it
is legally
due, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. σύνοδος or ἐκκλησία, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II)
to be meet, fit, proper, τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς
suiting them, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός
a quorum, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2)
impersonal, καθήκει μοι
it belongs to me,
is my
duty, with
infinitive, οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
imperfect καθῆκε in
present sense,
it is meet, proper, οὐδ᾽ ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινων[
NT]
participle, τὰ καθήκοντα
one's due or
duty, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖν τὸ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+], title of work by Zeno,[
Refs]; μὴ κ. un
becoming, [
NT]
II.3) τὰ κατήκοντα the
present crisis, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.b) τὰ καθήκοντα the
payments due, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.4)
adverb present participle καθηκόντως
fittingly, properly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
consistently with duty, [
Refs 1st c.AD+];
appropriately, with
dative, τῷ τόπῳ Aristeas 81; κ. ἔχειν πρός τι [
Refs]
III) τὸ καθῆκον the
precise proportion, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]