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|Definition=εως, ἡ, (συνίστημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bringing together, introduction, recommendation</b>, <b class="b3">πατρικὴν ἔχων σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.78.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πρός τινα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.4.82.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>591.62 (Lampsacus. ii B.C.), <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>27</span>; σ. τῆς πρός τινα εὐνοίας <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15</span>.b.<span class="bibl">7</span>; <b class="b2">care, guardianship</b>, <b class="b3">ἔτινηπίας οὔσας</b> (ἀπέδωκεν[]) εἰς σύστασιν Πτολεμαίῳ Γλαυκίου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>20.23</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b2">power of attorney</b>, PTeb.317.14 (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">communication</b> between a man and a god, ταῦτα σοῦ εἰπόντος τρίς, σημεῖον ἔσται τῆς συστάσεως τόδε <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.209, cf. 220,260, al., <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>47.1,121.505. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">protection</b>, <b class="b3">ἵνα διὰ τῆς σῆς δεξιᾶς ᾖ μοι σ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>6.717.12</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">proof</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Metaph.</span>12.3</span>, <span class="bibl">409.16</span>; <b class="b2">confirmation</b>, <b class="b3">εἰς σύστασιν [τῶν ἀξιωμάτων] καὶ πίστιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">271.14</span>; σ. καὶ πίστεις τινός <span class="bibl">Hermog. <span class="title">Id.</span>1.10</span>; πρὸς σύστασιν καὶ ἀσφάλειαν ἐπωμοσάμην <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.77.62</span> (vi A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1187.31</span> (i B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> (συνίσταμαι) <b class="b2">standing together, close combat, conflict</b>, ἐν τῇ σ. μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.117</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.167</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν ταῖς συμπλοκαῖς μάχη καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>833a</span>; ἡ ἐκ σ. μάχη <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.15.3</span>; ὅταν . . σύστασιν ὁ ἀγὼν ἔχῃ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aem.</span>20</span>: metaph., <b class="b2">disturbance</b> in the human body, καθάρσεων καὶ συστάσεων τοῦ σώματος ἀρίστη ἡ διὰ τῶν γυμνασίων <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>89a</span>; καταστεῖλαι τὴν σ. τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ γυμνασίου Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.26.5</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ὅλου τοῦ σώματος</b> (as a plague-symptom) Ruf. ap. eund.44.17.2; <b class="b3">ξ. τῆς γνώμης</b> <b class="b2">conflict</b> of mind, intense anxiety, <span class="bibl">Th.7.71</span>; μένος μὲν ξ. τε σῶν φρενῶν δεινή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>983</span>; so ἤν τις πόνος ἢ σ. γίνηται τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>17</span> vulg. (f.l. for [[τάσις]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">meeting, accumulation</b>, e.g. of humours, σ. οὑγροῦ περὶ τὴν ὑπερῴην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Coac.</span>233</span>; of water. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.14.5</span> (pl.), cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.3.36</span>; of winds, ib. <span class="bibl">51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1768.9</span> (iii A.D., dub.): metaph., λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>457e</span>; <b class="b2">combination</b>, τραγῳδίαν . . εἶναι τὴν τούτων σ. πρέπουσαν ἀλλήλοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 268d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">knot of men assembled</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1088</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>415</span> (pl.); κατὰ <b class="b3">ξυστάσεις γιγνόμενοι</b> forming into <b class="b2">knots</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Eq.</span>7.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">political union</b>, more general than <b class="b3">ἑταιρεία</b> or <b class="b3">σύνοδος</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.45.67</span>; <b class="b3">ἐθνικαὶ σ</b>. national <b class="b2">unions</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.23.1.3</span>; κατὰ συστάσεις κωμάζειν D.C.<span class="title">Fr.</span>39.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">contingent of four light-armed</b> <b class="b3">λόχοι</b> (32 men), Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>6.3, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>14.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>16.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">friendship</b> or <b class="b2">alliance</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.78.2</span>; πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Id.3.78.2</span>; <b class="b2">conspiracy</b>, ἐπί τινα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">composition, structure, constitution</b> of a person or a thing, τῶ κόσμω <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>32c</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ὡρῶν, τῆς ψυχῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>36d</span>; of the parts of an animal, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>646a20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>744b28</span>, al.; σώματος <span class="bibl">Sor.1.111</span>; τῶν ἀτόμων <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>35</span> G.; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>75b</span>; <b class="b3">φυσικὴ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cat.</span>9b18</span>; ἡ σ. τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1295b28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1332a30</span>; τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a15</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ μύθου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1452a18</span>; abs., <b class="b2">plot</b> of a drama, ib. <span class="bibl">1453a31</span>; τὴν σ. ἔχειν ἐκ τοῦ ψεύδους Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.361 S.; <b class="b3">περὶ τρόπων συστάσεως</b>, title of work by Chrysipp.; <b class="b3">προσώπου σ</b>. <b class="b2">expression</b> of face, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> abs., <b class="b2">political constitution</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>546a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 702d</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">χωρίον ἀμπελικὸν ἐν συστάσει ἀρουρῶν ὅσων ἐστίν</b> <b class="b2">consisting</b> of... <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGiss.</span>56.7</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">coming into existence, formation</b>, νόσων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>89b</span>, cf. c; πόλεων σ. καὶ φθοράς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>782a</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τῶν ὅλων σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.1.7</span>, cf. Plu.2.427b; τὴν σ. λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>547b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.4.13</span>, etc.; of a river, τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς σ. λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Id.9.43.1</span>; σ. ἐπιβουλῆς <span class="bibl">Id.6.7.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of bodies, <b class="b2">density</b> or <b class="b2">consistency</b>, <b class="b3">πυκνότης καὶ σ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">ὑγρότης καὶ διάχυσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Vent.</span> 58</span>; σ. καὶ πῆξις Plu.2.130b; <b class="b2">degree of solidity, consistency</b>, σπέρμα . . τρυφερὰν ἔτι καὶ νεοπαγῆ τὴν σ. ἔχον <span class="bibl">Sor.1.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">58</span>; <b class="b2">solid knot</b> or <b class="b2">lump</b>, [<b class="b3">μαστοὶ] θρομβώδεις συστάσεις ἔχοντες</b> ib.<span class="bibl">88</span>; μέχρι συστάσεως ἐμπλαστρώδους ἑψηθέν Gal.11.134, cf. 6.249, Dsc.3.7; τὰ ὑδατωδῶς ὑγρὰ πάχος καὶ σ. μηδεμίαν ἔχοντα Gal.16.761; <b class="b3">λεαίνεται μέχρι σ</b>. Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>55. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">a substance</b>, <b class="b3">πλάττειν ἐκ πηλοῦ ζῷον ἤ τινος ἄλλης ὑγρᾶς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>654b30</span>, cf. Plu.2.696a; <b class="b3">ξηραὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>519b19</span>.</span>