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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> pf. ἐπεστάτηκα ''Michel''164.10 (Delos):—to be an [[ἐπιστάτης]], to [[be set over]], ποιμνίοις S.''OT''1028, E.''Fr.''188.4; <b class="b3">ἡ ψυχὴ ἐ. τῷ</b> σώματι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 465d; ἐπιστήμη ἐ. τῇ πράξει Id.''R.''443e; <b class="b3">τῷ τοῦ νομοθέτου</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. c. gen., to [[be in charge of]], [[have the care of]], τοῦ ἔργου Hdt.7.22; ἔργων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.8.3; ζῴων Id.''Cyr.''1.1.2; <b class="b3">τοῦ εἶναι οἵους δεῖ</b> ib.8.1.16; τῆς παιδείας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 600d; [[οὐκ]] ὀρθῶς ἂν ἔχοι τὸν χείρω τῶν βελτιόνων ἐπιστατεῖν Id.''Prt.''338b; [[ὅλων]] τῶν πραγμάτων Isoc.4.104; <b class="b3">τῶν λαῶν σκληρῶς ἐ.</b> Mnaseas 32; ἐπιστατέω νοσεόντων Hp.''Praec.''6.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[stand by]], [[aid]], <b class="b3">οὐ ψεῦδις μάρτυς ἕργμασιν</b> ἐπιστατέω Pi.''N.''7.49; Παιὼν τῷδ' ἐπεστάτει λόγῳ A.''Ag.''1248.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. rarely c. acc., [[attend]], [[follow]], <b class="b3">τίς γάρ με μόχθος οὐκ ἐπεστάτει</b>; S.''Fr.''150.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[stand in the rear rank]], Ascl.''Tact.''10.15.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. [[notice]], [[observe]], Sch.Pi. ''O.''3.81.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. at Athens and elsewhere, to [[be]] [[ἐπιστάτης]] or [[president]] (in the [[βουλή]] and [[ἐκκλησία]]), freq. at the head of decrees, <b class="b3">ἔδοξεν τῷ</b> δήμῳ·.. Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει Th.4.118, cf. Ar.''Th.''374, Lexap.And.1.96, ''IG''12.10, al., Arist.''Ath.''44.3; in other cities, ''SIG''279.1 (Zelea, iv B.C.), ''OGI''219.1 (Ilium, iii B.C.), etc.; προέδρων ''Inscr.Magn.''2, al.: generally, [[preside over]], δικαστηρίων ''OGI''556.13 (Tlos).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[exercise]] the [[office]] of [[ἐπιστάτης]] III.2, <b class="b3">τοῦ Καίσαρος ναοῦ</b> ib.555.2 (Oenoanda): abs., ''SIG''707.21 (Olbia, ii B.C.).