ἀνθίστημι

English (LSJ)

   A set against, Th.4.115; esp. in battle, πελταστικὴν τῆ τοῦ παγκρατίου μάχῃ Pl.Lg.834a; ἀ. τροπαῖον set up a trophy in opposition, Th.1.54,105; weigh against, Ar.Ra. 1389; ἀ. τινὸς τὴν ὁλκήν outweigh him, LXX.Si.8.2.    2 match with, compare, ἀντιστῆσαι καὶ παραβαλεῖν Plu.Thes.1.    II Hom. uses only Pass., with intr. aor. 2 ἀντέστην. aor. 1 Pass. ἀντεστάθην Hdt.5.72: pf. ἀνθέστηκα Ep.Rom.9.19; Att. contr. part. ἀνθεστώς Th.6.70: fut. ἀντιστήσομαι Hdt.8.75, S.OC645:—stand against, esp. in battle, withstand, Ἥρῃ δ' ἀντέστη . . Ἄρτεμις Il.20.70, cf. 72, Hdt.6.117 al.; τοὺς ἀνθισταμένους τοῖς ὑμετέροις βουλήμασι D.18.49; πρὸς τὴν ἀνάγκην οὐδ' Ἄρης ἀ. S.Fr.256, cf. Th.1.93, X.Smp.5.1: rarely c. gen., δέος . . σοὶ φρενῶν ἀνθίσταται A.Pers.703 (ἀνθάπτεται Wakef.), cf. Q.S.1.520.    2 of things, turn out unfavourably to one, ἀντιστάντος αὐτῷ τοῦ πράγματος Th.5.4, cf. 38; ἄν τὰ παρ' ὑμῶν τῶν ἀκουόντων ἀντιστῇ D.19.340.    3 abs., make a stand, ἀλλ' ἔτ' ἄρ' ἀνθίσταντο Il.16.305; resist, fight on, Hdt.5.72, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος S.Aj.1231, Ant.518.