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|Full diacritics=ἔνστᾰσις
|Medium diacritics=ἔνστασις
|Low diacritics=ένστασις
|Capitals=ΕΝΣΤΑΣΙΣ
|Transliteration A=énstasis
|Transliteration B=enstasis
|Transliteration C=enstasis
|Beta Code=e)/nstasis
|Definition=εως, ἡ, (ἐνίσταμαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">origin, beginning</b>, τῶν ὅλων πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.20</span>; τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Plb.4.62.3</span>; πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Ph.2.75</span>; <b class="b2">institution</b> of legal proceedings, τὴν ὅλην ἔ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἔ. βίου</b> <b class="b2">a way</b> of life, <span class="bibl">D.L.6.103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.201a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">institution</b> of an heir, <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>1.2.25 <b class="b2">Intr</b>., PMasp.151.274 (vi A. D.); <b class="b2">inheritance</b>, ib.312.55 (vi A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Medic., <b class="b2">lodgement</b>, λίθων <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">impaction, obstruction</b>, ὄγκων Asclep. ap. Gal.10.101, Herod.Med. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.5.30.5</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">interference</b>, ὀνύχων <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Protr.</span>21</span>.<b class="b3">ιθ'</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">objection</b> to an argument, ἔ. πρότασις προτάσει ἐναντία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>69a37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Top.</span>157a35</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1402a31</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>3.6</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">opposition</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.17.8</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Ph.2.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">prosecution</b>, ἐν μολποῖς <span class="title">SIG</span> 633.66 (Milet., ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">χαλεπὴ ἔ</b>. difficult <b class="b2">situation</b>, IG12(5).509.4 (Seriphos, iii/ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> (ἐνίστημι) <b class="b2">winding up</b> an engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>61.21</span>, <span class="bibl">57.41</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ἔντασις</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">impact, interference</b> of an object of vision, <span class="title">Placit.</span>4.13.2, <span class="bibl">Plot.4.5.2</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0852.png Seite 852]] ἡ (vgl. [[ἐνίστημι]]), 1) das Anfangen, die von Anfang getroffene Einrichtung, Einleitung; τοῦ ἀγῶνος Aesch. 1, 132; τῶν ὅλων πραγμάτων ἐξ ἀρχῆς 2, 20; Folgde, wie Pol. 4, 62, 3; bes. bei den Philosophen mit u. ohne ζωῆς od. βίου, Lebens- u. Handlungsweise, Epict. u. A.; vgl. Hemsterhuys zu Th. Hag. p. 314. – 2) das Dagegenstehen, der Widerstand; Hippocr.; καὶ [[ἀντίπραξις]] Pol. 6, 17, 8; bes. bei den Rhetoren der Einwurf, die Instanz, Arist. rhet. 2, 25 u. a. Rhett.
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