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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[settlement]], [[establishment]], [[institution]], χορῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>958</span>; πραγμάτων ἀρχὴ καὶ κ. πρώτη <span class="bibl">D.18.188</span>; <b class="b3">αὕτη ἡ κ. τῆς δημοκρατίας</b> <b class="b2">mode of establishing</b> democracy, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>557a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιτροπῆς κ</b>. [[constitution]] of a wardship, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>56.6</span>: also c. gen. agentis, <b class="b3">δαιμόνων κ</b>. their [[ordinance]], [[decree]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1266</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[appointment]] of magistrates, <b class="b3">ἀρχόντων, δικαστῶν</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>414a</span>, <span class="bibl">425d</span>; τῶν τετρακοσίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>41.2</span>, etc.; αἱ περὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς κ. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>768d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> at Athens, <b class="b2">payment on enrolment</b> in the cavalry, <span class="bibl">Eup. 268</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.165</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.16.6</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bringing]] of ambassadors [[before]] the senate or assembly, [[introduction]], [[presentation]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.46</span>, <span class="bibl">8.141</span>, <span class="bibl">9.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">κ. ἐγγυητῶν</b> [[bringing]] one's bail [[forward]], <span class="bibl">D.24.83</span>,84; <b class="b3">ἐμφανῶν</b> [[production]] of goods, etc., in dispute, <span class="bibl">Id.53.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>56.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.6.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[pleading]] of a case, τὰ πρὸς τὴν κ. δικαιώματα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.55</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.33.7</span> (ii B.C.), etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἀφήγησις</b>, Aps.<span class="bibl">p.251</span> H.; opp. <b class="b3">διήγησις</b>, Corn.<span class="title">Rh.</span>p.371 H., cf. <span class="bibl">Syrian.<span class="title">in Hermog.</span>2.64R.</span>; αἱ κ. τῶν δημηγοριῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1438a2</span>; f.l. for [[προκατάστασις]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>2</span> tit. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[settling]], [[quieting]], [[calming]], εἰς ἠρεμίαν καὶ κ. ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>247b27</span>; <b class="b3">ἔστω πράϋνσις κ. καὶ ἠρέμισις</b> (<b class="b3">-ησις</b> codd.) ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1380a8</span>; πρᾳότης κ. κινήσεως τῆς ὑπ' ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Def.</span>412d</span>; κατάστασιν ὥσπερ ἐκ μανίας ὁ πότος ἐλάμβανεν Plu.2.704e; opp. <b class="b3">μανία</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>7.404</span>: hence, of disease, opp. <b class="b3">παροξυσμός</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>1.12</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>1.25</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> [[restoration]], opp. <b class="b3">διαφθορά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>46c</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς δέ γε τὴν αὑτῶν φύσιν ὅταν καθιστῆται, ταύτην αὖ τὴν κ. ἡδονὴν ἀπεδεξάμεθα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42d</span>; [ἡ ἡδονὴ] κ. εἰς τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1369b34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> rarely, [[setting]] of fractures, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>31</span>, cf. Gal.18(2).590. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">standing firm, settled condition, fixedness</b>, κ. γένοιτ' ἂν οὐδενὸς νόμου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1247</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[state]], [[condition]], <b class="b3">οὕτω δὴ ἀνθρώπου κ</b>. so is <b class="b2">the condition</b> of man, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>; ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσι καὶ καταστάσι <span class="bibl">Id.8.83</span>; ἡ αὐτὴ κ. ἐστι τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως ἡ μετὰ τὴν τελευτήν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>495</span>; of climatic and seasonal conditions, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.3</span>,<span class="bibl">20</span>; αἱ κ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.15</span>; ἀέρος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.8.7</span>; λοιμικὴ κ. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.19.1</span>, Dsc. 4.115 (pl.); <b class="b3">νηνεμία καὶ κ</b>. <b class="b2">settled weather</b>, Plu.2.281b; θαυμαστή τις εὐδίας κ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Halc.</span>4</span>; κ. τοῦ χρώματος καὶ σώματος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.4</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ὀμμάτων, προσώπου</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1197</span>, Plu.2.260c; κ. κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1296</span>; <b class="b3">νυκτὸς ἐν κ</b>. in the [[stillness]] of night, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>111</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τοιαύτῃ κ. τῆς ἡλικίας</b> at such a mature age, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>205</span>; τὰς ψυχὰς ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν κ. ἄγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>547b</span>; οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει κ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>601b7</span>; equiv. to <b class="b3">διάθεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1370a2</span>; <b class="b2">state of affairs</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.115</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.62</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.71.2</span>; also <b class="b3">τὴν προσήκουσαν ἔχειν κ</b>. the proper [[attitude]], Carneisc. <span class="title">Herc.</span>1027.10. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">settled order</b> or [[method]], [[system]], ἀπὸ φύσιος καὶ κ. ἀρχαίης <span class="bibl">Democr.278</span>; esp. of political constitutions, ἐχρᾶτο καταστάσι πρηγμάτων τοιῇδε <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>; Κορινθίοισι ἦν πόλιος κ. τοιήδε <span class="bibl">Id.5.92</span>.β; ἡ κ. τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>426c</span>; κ. πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>832d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>42.1</span>; <b class="b3">λέγεις δὲ… τὴν ποίαν κ. ὀλιγαρχίαν</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>550c</span>; ἡ παροῦσα κ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.55</span>, cf. 26, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292a35</span>; τῆς περὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας κ. <span class="title">CIG</span>2741 (Aphrodisias); ἡ πρώτη κ. τῶν περὶ τὴν μουσικὴν ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ Plu.2.1134b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[position]] of troops in battle, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.68.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[construction]], ἡ δέουσα κ. <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>132.3</span> (but <b class="b3">τῆς κ. οὕτως ἐχούσης</b> the [[state of the case]] being as follows, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Adv.</span>157.1</span>).</span>