ὑπόστασις

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εως, ἡ, (ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι):    A as an act, standing under, supporting, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου . . ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται Hp.Art.55; [τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν . . οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους Arist.PA 659a24; ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ. LXX Ps.68(69).3.    2 resistance, τοῦ κύματος Arist.Mete.368b12 (unless = settling down); so perh. in Hp.Off.3, Ael.Fr.59.    3 lying in ambush, S.Fr.719.    B as a thing,    I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Hp.Steril.242, Arist.HA551b29, Mete.382b14, Thphr.HP 9.8.3; esp. of sediment in the urine, Hp.Coac.146,389, Aph.4.69, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Arist. Mete.358a8; ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. Id.PA647b28; ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ. ib.671b20; also of the dry excrement, ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. ib.647b28, cf. 677a15, Mete.358b9.    b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Hp.Art.40.    2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, D.S.1.38.    3 a kind of jelly or thick soup, in pl., Men.462.10 (cf. Poll.6.60), Orib.4.8.1.    4 metaph. of time, duration, ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Gal.19.187; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX Ps.88(89).48; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, ib.38(39).6; ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ (sc. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Vett.Val.347.14.    5 coming into existence, origin, ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX Ps.138(139).15; περὶ τοῦ γένους . . τῶν Ἰουδαίων . . ὅτι . . τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν J.Ap.1.1; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Hermog. Id.1.10.    II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX Na.2.7, D.S.1.66, 13.82; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Ph.Bel.84.9; ὑ. ξύλου is f.l. for ὑπότασις ξ. in Hp. Mochl.25.    2 metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Plb.4.2.1, D.S.1.3, etc.    3 plan, purpose, Id.16.32; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.28, 15.70; πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.3; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι . . ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (sc. in their calendar) Gem.8.16, cf. 25; κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ. BMus.Inscr.892.21 (Halic., i B. C./i A. D.).    4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Plb.4.50.10,6.55.2; hope, ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX Ru.1.12; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆς ib.Ez.19.5, cf. Ep.Hebr.3.14; ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως 2 Ep.Cor.11.17, cf. 9.4; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, Ep.Hebr.11.1 (unless substance be the right sense here).    5 undertaking, promise, οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν PEleph.15.3 (iii B. C.), cf. PTheb.Bank1.8 (ii B. C.), PTeb.61 (b).194 (ii B. C.).    6 Astrol., τὰ τούτου (sc. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (fort. -στάσεις) [λέγεται] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).227.    III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Thphr.CP5.16.4; ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ. ib.6.7.4.    2 substance, actual existence, reality (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Socr. HE3.7), opp. semblance, φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή Artem.3.14; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Arist.Mu.395a30, cf. Placit.3.6, D.L.7.135, 9.91; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Placit.4.14.2; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.14, S.E. P.2.94, 176, M.Ant.9.42; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει (ὑποτάσει cod.), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Sor.1.96, cf. 33; ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν Id.2.57; ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί M.Ant.9.1, cf. 10.5; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας . . κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality) · ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Luc. Par.27; κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν S.E.M.9.338.    3 real nature, essence, χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. Ep.Hebr.1.3.    IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Hermog.Id.1.11, Aristid. Rh.1p.479S., Syrian. in Hermog.1.60 R.    V = ὑπόστημα 111, camp, LXX 1 Ki.13.23, 14.4.    VI wealth, substance, property, ib.De.11.6, Je.10.17, POxy.1274.15 (iii A. D.), BGU1020.16 (vi A. D.), etc.    2 pl., title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).

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[Seite 1232] ἡ, 1) eigtl. das Unterstellen, gew. die Unterlage, der Untersatz, die Grundlage, der Unterbau, substructio, D. Sic. 13, 82. Dah. auch Bodensatz, Hefe, u. übh. der zu Boden sinkende Schmutz, dah. Pfütze, Schlamm, – u. ὑπόστασις τῆς κοιλίας, die dickere Unreinigkeit des Leibes, Unrath, Arist. H. A. 2, 1 u. Medic.; auch dicke Brühe, Ath. IV, 133; Menand. bei Poll. 6, 60. – 2) das, was einer Sache, bes. einer Erzählung, einer Rede, einem Gedichte zu Grunde liegt, Gegenstand, der abgehandelt wird, Stoff, Pol. 4, 2,1 u. öfter, u. Sp.; – übh. Anfang, D. Sic. 1, 66. – 3) die Wirklichkeit, das Wesen, die Substanz, im Ggstz der Erscheinung, καθ' ὑπόστασιν , im Ggstz von κατ' ἔμφασιν, Arist. mund. 4, 21; S. Emp. oft. – Auch die Eigenschaft, daß man sich unter eine Sache stellt, sich ihr unterzieht, Standhaftigkeit, Muth, Pol. 4, 50, 10, καὶ τόλμα 6, 55, 2; dah. auch das Unternehmen, der Vorsatz, Sp.