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|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπεστάτηκα <span class="title">Michel</span>164.10 (Delos):—to [[be an]] [[ἐπιστάτης]], to [[be set over]], ποιμνίοις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1028</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>188.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ψυχὴ ἐ. τῷ</b> σώματι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>465d</span>; ἐπιστήμη ἐ. τῇ πράξει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>443e</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ τοῦ νομοθέτου</b> ἔργῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>390c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">405d</span> (but [[τέχνῃ]] according to art, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span> 293b</span>): abs., Durrbach Choix d'inscrr. de Délos<span class="bibl">159</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>34.7</span>; εἰ μὴ ἐπιστατοῖ τὸ τάττον <span class="bibl">Plot.4.4.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. c. gen., to [[be in charge of]], [[have the care of]], τοῦ ἔργου <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.22</span>; ἔργων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.8.3</span>; ζῴων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ εἶναι οἵους δεῖ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8.1.16</span>; τῆς παιδείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>600d</span>; [[οὐκ]] ὀρθῶς ἂν ἔχοι τὸν χείρω τῶν βελτιόνων ἐπιστατεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338b</span>; [[ὅλων]] τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.104</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν λαῶν σκληρῶς ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Mnaseas 32</span>; ἐπιστατέω νοσεόντων <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[stand by]], [[aid]], <b class="b3">οὐ ψεῦδις μάρτυς ἕργμασιν</b> ἐπιστατέω <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.49</span>; Παιὼν τῷδ' ἐπεστάτει λόγῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1248</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. rarely c. acc., [[attend]], [[follow]], <b class="b3">τίς γάρ με μόχθος οὐκ ἐπεστάτει</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>150</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. [[stand in the rear rank]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.15. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span>. [[notice]], [[observe]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>3.81</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. at Athens and elsewhere, to [[be]] [[ἐπιστάτης]] or [[president]] (in the [[βουλή]] and [[ἐκκλησία]]), freq. at the head of decrees, <b class="b3">ἔδοξεν τῷ</b> δήμῳ· . . Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>374</span>, Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.10, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>44.3</span>; in other cities, <span class="title">SIG</span>279.1 (Zelea, iv B.C.), <span class="title">OGI</span>219.1 (Ilium, iii B.C.), etc.; προέδρων <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>2, al.: generally, [[preside over]], δικαστηρίων <span class="title">OGI</span>556.13 (Tlos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[exercise]] the [[office]] of [[ἐπιστάτης]] 111.2, <b class="b3">τοῦ Καίσαρος ναοῦ</b> ib.555.2 (Oenoanda): abs., <span class="title">SIG</span>707.21 (Olbia, ii B.C.).</span>