στασιάζω
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English (LSJ)
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A -άσω Hdt.8.3: (στάσις B. 111): I intr., to be at variance, τινι with one, X.An.2.5.28, etc.; πρός τινα ib.6.1.29, Pl.R. 545d, etc. 2 in the Greek states, form a party or faction, be at odds (defined by Arist. as happening ὅταν ἑκάτερος ἑαυτὸν [ἄρχειν] βούληται, EN1167a34), Hdt.1.59, 7.2, al., Cratin.54; ἀλλήλοις X. Mem.2.6.17; ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισι Hdt.1.60; περὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίης Id.8.3; ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας Lys.2.61; πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου And.2.26: generally, quarrel, τοῖσι ἑωυτοῦ ἀδελφεοῖσι Hdt.4.160; τάξιος εἵνεκα Id.9.27; διά τι Pl.R.464e; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ib.465b; τοῖς ἐχθροῖσι μεθ' ἡμῶν σ. side with us against them, Ar.Eq.590; σ. κατ· ἀλλήλους περί τινος Th.4.84; πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Pl.R.488b, cf. Phld.Rh.2.220 S. 3 of the states themselves, to be distracted by factions and party strife, Ar.Av.1014, Th.4.1,66, Pl.Ep.336e, etc. 4 generally, to be in a state of discord, disagree, περί τινος Id.Euthphr.8d, al. 5 σῶμα σ. αὐτὸ αὑτῷ Id.R.556e, cf. 352a; ἡ ψυχὴ σ. ib.586e, Arist.EN1166b19. II trans., revolutionize, throw into confusion, τὴν πόλιν Lys.18.18; τὰ πράγματα D.11.18; οἴκους Anon. ap. Stob.4.31.84; τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν Philostr.VA6.38:—Pass., in signf. 1.3, διὰ τὸ τὰ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ στασιάζεσθαι D.C.40.32; τὸ ἐστασιασμένον S.E.M.7.346.—This trans. sense is expressed by στασιάζειν ποιῶ in Isoc.4.134.
