παραστάτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">στᾰ], ου, ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who stands by]] or [[near]], [[defender]], φρουροὶ καὶ π. πυλῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>506</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">one's comrade on the flank</b> (opp. [[προστάτης]], front-rank-man, [[ἐπιστάτης]], rear-rank-man), <b class="b3">τὸν ἑωυτοῦ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.117</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.59</span>, <span class="bibl">8.1.10</span> ; παρήγγειλε τοὺς ἐπιστάτας μεταβαίνειν εἰς παραστάτην <span class="bibl">Polyaen. 2.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[comrade]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.37</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>957</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.107</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>671</span>, etc. ; the ephebi were bound by oath <b class="b3">μὴ καταλείπειν τὸν π</b>., <span class="bibl">Poll.8.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1130a30</span>, Stob.4.1.48 ; of a horse, π. ἐν μάχαις <span class="bibl">Babr.76.3</span> : hence, [[assistant]], [[supporter]], δίκης <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Fr.</span>295</span> ; of the gods, π. ἀγαθοὺς καὶ συμμάχους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.21</span> ; esp. of the Dioscuri, <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span> 14. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">right-</b> or <b class="b2">left-hand-man</b> in a chorus when drawn up in order, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1277a12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1018b27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[official of a collegium]], IG14.925 (Portus). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[the ministers of the Eleven]] at Athens, <span class="title">AB</span> 296, Phot., <span class="title">EM</span>652.16. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Medic., <b class="b3">οἱ π</b>. [[testicles]], <span class="bibl">Ph.1.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.9.395f</span>, etc. : personified, in dual, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 174.13</span> ; also, of the [[epididymis]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>14</span>, cf. Gal.19.128. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the <b class="b3">σπερματικοὶ πόροι, π. ἀδενοειδεῖς, κιρσοειδεῖς</b>, Herophil. ap.<span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span> 185</span>, Gal.4.643. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in sg., = [[ὀστέον ὑοειδές]], Herophil. ap. <span class="bibl">Poll.2.202</span> and <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>155</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> in a ship, [[pieces of wood to]] stay the mast, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1606.36, 1607.5,15,78, 1611.38 : dual [[παραστάτα]] ib. 1608.34. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[outer vertical standard]] in plinth of torsion-engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>55.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>91.10</span>.</span>