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|Definition=ἐπιστάσεως, ἡ, ([[ἐφίστημι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stopping]], [[stoppage]], [τῆς κοιλίης], [[οὔρου]], Hp.''Coac.''480, ''Prorrh.''1.110; <b class="b3">ἐπίστασις αἵματος</b> [[sluggishness]] of the [[flow]] of [[blood]], Id.''Insomn.''93, cf. Arist.''GA''718a21; of the [[growth]] of trees, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.9.1; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἐπίστασιν τῶν ἄλλων</b> as a [[deterrent]] to others, ''PAmh.''2.134.9 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[violence]], [[vehemence]], <b class="b3">ἐπαινεῖ τὴν Ζήνωνος</b> <b class="b3">πραγματείαν μετὰ δή τινος λαμπρᾶς ἐ.</b> Procl. ''in Prm.''p.604 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. ([[ἐφίσταμαι]]) [[stopping]], [[halt]], τοῦ στρατεύματος X.''An.''2.4.26, cf. Plb.8.28.13; <b class="b3">φροντίδων ἐπιστάσεις</b> [[halting]]s of [[thought]], [[anxious]] [[thought]]s, S.''Ant.''225; ἐπιστάσεις καὶ διατριβαί Plu.2.48b (following quot. of S.''Ant.''232); opp. [[κίνησις]], Arist.''de An.''407a33, cf. ''LI''969b3.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. <b class="b3">ἐπίστασιν ἔχει, πῶς..</b> there is a [[difficulty]], as to how... Id.''Metaph.'' 1089b25.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[stopping]] to [[examine]] a thing, [[observation]], [[attention]], τοῦτ' ἄξιον ἐπιστάσεως, εἰ.. Id.''Ph.''196a36; <b class="b3">μετὰ ἐ.</b> Plb.2.2.2; μετὰ πολλῆς ἐπιστάσεως καὶ [[φιλοτιμία]]ς D.S.29.32; ἄξιος ἐπιστάσεως Plb.11.2.4, Phld. ''Rh.''1.31 S.; <b class="b3">ἄγειν τινὰ εἰς ἐπίστασιν</b> Plb.9.22.7; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπιστάσεως ῥητέον</b> [[carefully]], Id.3.58.3; <b class="b3">ἐπίστασίν τινων λαμβάνειν</b> Aristeas 256; [[medical]] [[treatment]], [[care]], πρὸς [[φλεγμονή]]ν Sor.1.76: generally, [[care]], [[attention]], Phld.''Lib.'' p.50., ''Mus.''p.84K.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. = [[ἐπιστασία]] II, D.S.14.82, Ph.1.143 codd.; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἐπίστασιν</b> during his [[term]] as [[ἐπιστάτης]], ''SIG''10 (Samos, vi B.C.); [[ἐπίστασις]] ἔργων = [[superintendence]] of [[work]]s, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.5.2; ἡ ἐ. μοι ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν ''2 Ep.Cor.''11.28; [[oversight]] of [[student]]s, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''1.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[beginning]], ἐπίστασιν ποιεῖσθαι ἀπὸ.. Plb.1.12.6; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπίστασις τῆς ἱστορίας</b> [[introduction]], Id.2.71.7; <b class="b3">ἀρχὴ καὶ ἐπίστασις τῆς κατασκευῆς</b> [[method of setting about]] [[construction]], Ph.''Bel.''50.35.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[scum]] on [[urine]], Hp.''Aph.''7.35.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. [[position]] in [[rear]], <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπίστασιν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοις ἔχειν</b> one behind the other, of ships, Plb.1.26.12.<br><span class="bld">7</span>. = μέρος τι τῆς νεώς, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; cf. [[ἐπιστατήρ]].<br><span class="bld">III</span>. [[onset]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.''6.3; ὄχλου ''Act.Ap.''24.12 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἐπισύστασις]]).<br><span class="bld">IV</span>. <b class="b3">ἐν ἐπιστάσει καὶ ἐν ἀπολογισμῷ</b>, perhaps of [[land]] of which the [[rent]] has been [[raise]]d, PTeb.61 (a).163 (ii B.C.), al.<br><span class="bld">V</span>. Cypr. [[ἐπίσταἱς]], = [[ἐπιστασία]] ''ΙΙ'', ''Inscr.Cypr.''144 H.<br><span class="bld">VI</span>. [[apparition]], [[presence]] ([[divine]] or [[heroic]]), SEG30.1080 (Samos, c.500 b.c.), ib. 1517 (Perge, v/iv b.c.), Robert Hell.11/12.544 (Miletus, ii a.d.).