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|Definition=[στᾰ], ου, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who stands by]] or [[one who stands near]], [[defender]], φρουροὶ καὶ π. πυλῶν E.''Rh.''506.<br><span class="bld">II</span> one's [[comrade]] on the [[flank]] (opp. [[προστάτης]], [[front-rank-man]], [[ἐπιστάτης]], [[rear-rank-man]]), <b class="b3">τὸν ἑωυτοῦ π.</b> Hdt.6.117, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.59, 8.1.10; παρήγγειλε τοὺς ἐπιστάτας μεταβαίνειν εἰς παραστάτην Polyaen. 2.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[comrade]], Pi.''N.''3.37, A.''Pers.''957 (lyr.), Hdt. 6.107 (pl.), S.''Ant.''671, etc.; the ephebi were bound by [[oath]] μὴ [[ἐγκαταλείπειν]] τὸν παραστάτην (οὐδ' ἐγκαταλείψω τὸν παραστάτην = I will not abandon my fellow soldier), Poll.8.105, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1130a30, Stob.4.1.48; of a horse, π. ἐν μάχαις Babr.76.3: hence, [[assistant]], [[supporter]], δίκης E. ''Fr.''295; of the gods, π. ἀγαθοὺς καὶ συμμάχους [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.21; especially of the Dioscuri, ''Trag.Adesp.'' 14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[right-hand-man]] or [[left-hand-man]] in a [[chorus]] when drawn up in order, Arist.''Pol.'' 1277a12, ''Metaph.'' 1018b27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[official]] of a [[collegium]], IG14.925 (Portus).<br><span class="bld">III</span> the [[minister]]s of the [[Eleven]] at [[Athens]], ''AB'' 296, Phot., ''EM''652.16.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Medic., [[οἱ παραστάται]] = [[testicle]]s, Ph.1.45, Ath.9.395f, etc.: personified, in dual, Pl.Com. 174.13; also, of the [[epididymis]], Hp.''Oss.''14, cf. Gal.19.128.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the <b class="b3">σπερματικοὶ πόροι, πόροι ἀδενοειδεῖς, πόροι κιρσοειδεῖς</b>, Herophil. ap.Gal.''UP''14.11, cf. Ruf.''Onom.'' 185, Gal.4.643.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in sg., = [[ὀστέον ὑοειδές]] ([[hyoid bone]]), Herophil. ap. Poll.2.202 and Ruf.''Onom.''155.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in a ship, [[piece]]s of [[wood]] to [[stay]] the [[mast]], ''IG''22.1606.36, 1607.5,15,78, 1611.38: dual [[παραστάτα]] ib. 1608.34.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[outer]] [[vertical]] [[standard]] in [[plinth]] of [[torsion]]-[[engine]], Ph.''Bel.''55.10, Hero ''Bel.''91.10.