ἀμφίστημι
From LSJ
Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul
English (LSJ)
A place round: in this sense only poet. in Pass. ἀμφίσταμαι, with intr. aor. ἀμφέστην, Ep. 3pl. ἀμφέσταν, and 3pl. pf. ἀμφεστᾶσι, stand around, abs., φίλοι δ' ἀμφέσταν ἑταῖροι Il.18.233; κλαίων δ' ἀμφίσταθ' ὅμιλος 24.712: c. acc., ἀμφὶ δέ σ' ἔστησαν Od. 24.58; πεδίον ἀμφεστᾶσι πᾶν S.OC1312, cf. Aj.724: c. dat., ἀμφίσταμαι τραπέζαις El.192. II Med., investigate, Tab.Heracl.1.125; cf. ἀμπιστατήρ.
