ἐπιστατέω
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
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A ἐπεστάτηκα Michel164.10 (Delos):—to be an ἐπιστάτης, to be set over, ποιμνίοις S.OT1028, E.Fr.188.4; ἡ ψυχὴ ἐ. τῷ σώματι Pl.Grg.465d; ἐπιστήμη ἐ. τῇ πράξει Id.R.443e; τῷ τοῦ νομοθέτου ἔργῳ Id.Cra.390c, cf. 405d (but τέχνῃ according to art, Id.Plt. 293b): abs., Durrbach Choix d'inscrr. de Délos159, PCair.Zen.34.7; εἰ μὴ ἐπιστατοῖ τὸ τάττον Plot.4.4.16. 2. c. gen., to be in charge of, have the care of, τοῦ ἔργου Hdt.7.22; ἔργων X.Mem.2.8.3; ζῴων Id.Cyr.1.1.2; τοῦ εἶναι οἵους δεῖ ib.8.1.16; τῆς παιδείας Pl.R.600d; οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἂν ἔχοι τὸν χείρω τῶν βελτιόνων ἐπιστατεῖν Id.Prt.338b; ὅλων τῶν πραγμάτων Isoc.4.104; τῶν λαῶν σκληρῶς ἐ. Mnaseas 32; ἐ. νοσεόντων Hp.Praec.6. 3. stand by, aid, οὐ ψεῦδις μάρτυς ἕργμασιν ἐ. Pi.N.7.49; Παιὼν τῷδ' ἐπεστάτει λόγῳ A.Ag.1248. 4. rarely c. acc., attend, follow, τίς γάρ με μόχθος οὐκ ἐπεστάτει; S.Fr.150. 5. stand in the rear rank, Ascl.Tact.10.15. 6. notice, observe, Sch.Pi. O.3.81. II. at Athens and elsewhere, to be ἐπιστάτης or president (in the βουλή and ἐκκλησία), freq. at the head of decrees, ἔδοξεν τῷ δήμῳ· . . Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει Th.4.118, cf. Ar.Th.374, Lexap.And.1.96, IG12.10, al., Arist.Ath.44.3; in other cities, SIG279.1 (Zelea, iv B.C.), OGI219.1 (Ilium, iii B.C.), etc.; προέδρων Inscr.Magn.2, al.: generally, preside over, δικαστηρίων OGI556.13 (Tlos). 2. exercise the office of ἐπιστάτης 111.2, τοῦ Καίσαρος ναοῦ ib.555.2 (Oenoanda): abs., SIG707.21 (Olbia, ii B.C.).
