ὑπόστασις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> as an act, [[standing under]], [[supporting]], ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου . . ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>55</span>; [τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν . . οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span> 659a24</span>; ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>68(69).3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[resistance]], τοῦ κύματος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>368b12</span> (unless = [[settling down]]); so perh. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>59</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[lying in ambush]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>719</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> as a thing, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in liquids, <b class="b2">that which settles at the bottom, sediment</b>, Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>242, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>551b29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>382b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 9.8.3</span>; esp. of [[sediment]] in the urine, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>146</span>,<span class="bibl">389</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>4.69</span>, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the urine itself is called <b class="b3">ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>358a8</span>; ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>647b28</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">671b20</span>; also of the dry excrement, <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">647b28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">677a15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>358b9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[an accumulation of pus]], [[abscess]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">νέφους ὑποστάσεις</b> cloud-[[cumuli]], <span class="bibl">D.S.1.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[jelly]] or [[thick soup]], in pl., <span class="bibl">Men.462.10</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.6.60</span>), <span class="bibl">Orib.4.8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph. of time, [[duration]], ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Gal.19.187; <b class="b3">μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ</b>. remember how short my [[time]] is, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>88(89).48</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου</b> mine [[age]] is as nothing before thee, ib.<span class="bibl">38(39).6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">Ἕκτορος</b>) <b class="b3"> ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν</b> as long as his [[store]] of years lasted, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.347.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[coming into existence]], [[origin]], ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>138(139).15</span>; περὶ τοῦ γένους . . τῶν Ἰουδαίων . . ὅτι . . τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>1.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήν</b> has no [[power]] of originating by itself, <span class="bibl">Hermog. <span class="title">Id.</span>1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[foundation]] or [[substructure]] of a temple, etc., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Na.</span>2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.66</span>, <span class="bibl">13.82</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων</b> [[lower part]] of a crenellated wall, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>84.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. ξύλου</b> is f.l. for [[ὑπότασις ξ]]. in Hp. <span class="title">Mochl.</span>25. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem, <b class="b2">ground-work, subject-matter, argument</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.2.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.3</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[plan]], [[purpose]], <span class="bibl">Id.16.32</span>; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.28</span>, <span class="bibl">15.70</span>; πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.3</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι . . ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί</b> (sc. in their calendar) <span class="bibl">Gem.8.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25</span>; κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ. <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>892.21 (Halic., i B. C./i A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[confidence]], [[courage]], [[resolution]], [[steadiness]], of soldiers, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.50.10</span>,<span class="bibl">6.55.2</span>; [[hope]], ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ru.</span>1.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ez.</span>19.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>3.14</span>; ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>11.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις</b> [[confidence]] in things hoped for, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>11.1</span> (unless [[substance]] be the right sense here). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[undertaking]], [[promise]], οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>15.3</span> (iii B. C.), cf. <span class="title">PTheb.Bank</span>1.8 (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>61</span> ([[b]]).<span class="bibl">194</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Astrol., <b class="b3">τὰ τούτου</b> (sc. <b class="b3">κλήρου τύχης</b>) <b class="b3"> τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις</b> (fort. <b class="b3">-στάσεις</b>) <b class="b3"> [λέγεται</b>] Serapio in <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(4).227. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[substantial nature]], [[substance]], <b class="b3">δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν</b> woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous [[substance]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.16.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">6.7.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[substance]], [[actual existence]], [[reality]] (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Socr. <span class="title">HE</span>3.7), opp. semblance, φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή <span class="bibl">Artem.3.14</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν</b> ([[substantial]], [[actual]]), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395a30</span>, cf. <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.6, <span class="bibl">D.L.7.135</span>, <span class="bibl">9.91</span>; so <b class="b3">ὑποστάσεις</b> are the [[substances]] of which the reflections (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, <span class="title">Placit.</span>4.14.2; <b class="b3">ὑ. ἔχειν</b> have [[substantial existence]], Demetr.Lac.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1055.14, <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">P.</span>2.94</span>, <span class="bibl">176</span>, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.9.42</span>; <b class="b3">ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει</b> (<b class="b3">ὑποτάσει</b> cod.), <b class="b3">πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα</b>, a separate [[existence]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">33</span>; ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.2.57</span>; ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί <span class="bibl">M.Ant.9.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.5</span>; [<b class="b3">ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας . . κατὰ τὴν ὑ</b>. (in respect of [[reality]]) · ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Par.</span>27</span>; κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>9.338</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[real nature]], [[essence]], χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> as a Rhet. figure, [[the full expression]] or [[expansion]] of an idea, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1p.479S.</span>, <span class="bibl">Syrian. <span class="title">in Hermog.</span>1.60</span> R. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> = [[ὑπόστημα]] <span class="bibl">111</span>, [[camp]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>13.23</span>, <span class="bibl">14.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> [[wealth]], [[substance]], [[property]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">De.</span>11.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Je.</span>10.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1274.15</span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1020.16</span> (vi A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b2">title deeds, documents recording ownership of property</b>, POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).</span>