εὐστάθεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ] (also εὐσταθ-ία <span class="title">IPE</span>12.91.11 (Olbia, ii/iii A.D.), poet. εὐσταθίη <span class="title">AP</span>12.199 (Strat.)), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">stability, tranquillity</b>, coupled with <b class="b3">εὐνομία</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph. 1.248</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰς πόλεις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">680</span>; ὑπὲρ εὐσταθείας τῆς πόλεως <span class="title">IPE</span>12.94.11 (Olbia); τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἐν εὐ. διάγουσαν <span class="title">OGI</span>669.4 (Egypt, i A.D.); εὐστάθειαν τῷ Βακχείῳ <span class="title">SIG</span>1109.15 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> esp. of <b class="b2">bodily health</b>, εὐ. σαρκός <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Fr.</span>8</span>, <span class="bibl">424</span>, Olympic. ap. Gal.10.56. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of persons, <b class="b3">εὐσταθίη ἡ ἐν ἑωυτῷ</b> <b class="b2">self-possession</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Decent.</span>12</span>; <b class="b2">stedfastness, tranquillity</b>, Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.33K., <span class="bibl">Ph.1.231</span>, al.; ἐν βουλαῖς Plu.2.342f, al.; τῆς ψυχῆς Ath.Med. ap. Orib.inc.<span class="bibl">21.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ptol. <span class="title">Tetr.</span>11</span>; <b class="b2">steadiness</b>, ὁρμῶν <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.65.</span>