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|mdlsjtxt=<br />A. in Causal [[sense]]; of Act., pres., imperf., fut.; of Mid., the aor1, and [[sometimes]] pres.:— to set [[down]], [[place]], Il.; νῆα κατάστησον [[stop]] it, [[bring]] it to [[land]], Od.; κ. [[δίφρον]] to [[station]] it, [[before]] starting for the [[race]], Soph.:—Mid., [[λαῖφος]] κατεστήσαντο steadied the sails, Hhymn.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[bring]] [[down]] to a [[place]], Od., etc.:— to [[restore]], ἐς φῶς σὸν κατ. βίον Eur.:—Pass., οὐκ ἂν [[χάρις]] καθίσταιτο would not be returned, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[bring]] [[before]] a [[magistrate]] or [[king]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of soldiers, to set in [[order]], to set as guards, Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[ordain]], [[appoint]], Hdt., etc.:—in aor1 mid. to [[appoint]] for [[oneself]], [[establish]], [[institute]], Hdt., Aesch.<br />b. esp. of [[political]] constitutions, to [[settle]], [[establish]], νόμους Eur., etc.; κατ. πολιτείαν, Lat. constituere rempublicam, Plat., etc.:— so in Mid., [[φρούρημα]] γῆς καθίσταμαι Aesch.; καθίστατο τὰ περὶ τὴν Μιτυλήνην Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[bring]] [[into]] a [[certain]] [[state]], κατ. δῆμον ἐς μοναρχίαν Eur.; κ. τινὰ ἐς ἀπόνοιαν, ἐς φόβον, ἐς ἀπορίαν Thuc.; so, κ. τοὺς φίλους ἐν ἀκινδύνῳ Xen.:—also, κ. ἑαυτὸν ἐς κρίσιν to [[present]] [[himself]] for [[trial]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to make or [[render]] so and so, κ. τινα [[ψευδῆ]] Soph.; ἄπιστον Thuc.:—[[rarely]] c. inf., καθ. τινὰ φεύγειν to make him fly, Thuc.:—Mid., τὴν ναυμαχίαν πεζομαχίαν καθίστασθαι Thuc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> τὴν ζόην καταστήσασθαι ἀπ' ἔργων ἀνοσιωτάτων to get one's [[living]] by [[most]] [[unhallowed]] deeds, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to make, [[continue]], Aesch.; so in Mid., Aesch.<br />B. intr. in aor2, perf., and plup. of Act. (also in fut. καθεστήξὠ, and in all tenses of Mid. ([[except]] aor. 1), and all of Pass.:— to be set, set [[oneself]] [[down]], [[settle]], [[arrive]], ἐς τόπον Hdt., Soph.<br />b. to [[come]] [[before]] [[another]], [[stand]] in his [[presence]], Hdt.; καταστὰς ἐπὶ τὸ [[πλῆθος]] ἔλεγε Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to be set as [[guard]], Hdt., etc.: to be appointed, Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[stand]] [[quiet]], be [[calm]], of [[water]], Ar.; so, [[πνεῦμα]] καθεστηκός Ar.; ὁ [[θόρυβος]] κατέστη abated, Hdt.; so, of persons, καταστάς [[composedly]], Aesch.; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα [[ἡλικία]] [[middle]] age, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in perf. to [[come]] [[into]] a [[certain]] [[state]], to [[become]], and in aor2 and plup. to be, Hdt., etc.; καταστάντων εὖ τῶν πρηγμάτων [[being]] in a [[good]] [[state]], Hdt.; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατε; in [[what]] [[case]] are ye? Soph.; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (sc. τοῦ πολέμοὐ from its [[first]] [[commencement]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to be established or instituted, to [[prevail]], [[exist]], Hdt., etc.: in perf. [[part]]., existing, established, prevailing, τὸν νῦν κατεστεῶτα κόσμον Hdt.; οἱ καθεστῶτες νόμοι Soph.; τὰ [[καθεστῶτα]] the [[present]] [[state]] of [[life]], Soph.; so, τὰ κατεστεῶτα, existing laws, [[customs]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> Pass. to [[stand]] [[against]], [[oppose]], Τιτήνεσσι [[κατέσταθεν]] Hes.

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