ἐπίστασις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[ἐφίστημι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[stopping]], [[stoppage]], [<b class="b3">τῆς κοιλίης</b>], [[οὔρου]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>480</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.110</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπίστασις αἵματος</b> [[sluggishness]] of the [[flow]] of [[blood]], Id.<span class="title">Insomn.</span>93, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>718a21</span>; of the [[growth]] of trees, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.9.1</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἐπίστασιν τῶν ἄλλων</b> as a [[deterrent]] to others, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.134.9</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[violence]], [[vehemence]], <b class="b3">ἐπαινεῖ τὴν Ζήνωνος</b> <b class="b3">πραγματείαν μετὰ δή τινος λαμπρᾶς ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.604</span> S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. ([[ἐφίσταμαι]]) [[stopping]], [[halt]], τοῦ στρατεύματος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.4.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.8.28.13</span>; <b class="b3">φροντίδων ἐπιστάσεις</b> [[halting]]s of [[thought]], [[anxious]] [[thought]]s, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>225</span>; ἐπιστάσεις καὶ διατριβαί Plu.2.48b (following quot. of <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>232</span>); opp. [[κίνησις]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>407a33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">LI</span>969b3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. <b class="b3">ἐπίστασιν ἔχει, πῶς . .</b> there is a [[difficulty]], as to how... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1089b25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[stopping]] to [[examine]] a thing, [[observation]], [[attention]], τοῦτ' ἄξιον ἐπιστάσεως, εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>196a36</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.2.2.2</span>; μετὰ πολλῆς ἐπιστάσεως καὶ [[φιλοτιμία]]ς <span class="bibl">D.S.29.32</span>; ἄξιος ἐπιστάσεως <span class="bibl">Plb.11.2.4</span>, Phld. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1.31 S.; <b class="b3">ἄγειν τινὰ εἰς ἐπίστασιν</b> <span class="bibl">Plb.9.22.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπιστάσεως ῥητέον</b> [[carefully]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.58.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπίστασίν τινων λαμβάνειν</b> Aristeas <span class="bibl">256</span>; [[medical]] [[treatment]], [[care]], πρὸς [[φλεγμονή]]ν <span class="bibl">Sor.1.76</span>: generally, [[care]], [[attention]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span> p.50</span>., <span class="title">Mus.</span>p.84K. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. = [[ἐπιστασία]] 11, <span class="bibl">D.S.14.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.143</span> codd.; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἐπίστασιν</b> during his [[term]] as [[ἐπιστάτης]], <span class="title">SIG</span>10 (Samos, vi B.C.); [[ἐπίστασις]] ἔργων = [[superintendence]] of [[work]]s, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.5.2</span>; ἡ ἐ. μοι ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>11.28</span>; [[oversight]] of [[student]]s, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. [[beginning]], ἐπίστασιν ποιεῖσθαι ἀπὸ . . <span class="bibl">Plb.1.12.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπίστασις τῆς ἱστορίας</b> [[introduction]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.71.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρχὴ καὶ ἐπίστασις τῆς κατασκευῆς</b> [[method of setting about]] [[construction]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>50.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. [[scum]] on [[urine]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span>. [[position]] in [[rear]], <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπίστασιν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοις ἔχειν</b> one behind the other, of ships, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.26.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span>. = μέρος τι τῆς νεώς, Hsch.; cf. [[ἐπιστατήρ]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. [[onset]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>6.3</span>; ὄχλου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>24.12</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἐπισύστασις]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span>. <b class="b3">ἐν ἐπιστάσει καὶ ἐν ἀπολογισμῷ</b>, perhaps of [[land]] of which the [[rent]] has been [[raise]]d, PTeb.61 (a).163 (ii B.C.), al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span>. Cypr. [[ἐπίσταἱς]], = [[ἐπιστασία]] ''ΙΙ'', <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>144 H.</span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span>. [[apparition]], [[presence]] ([[divine]] or [[heroic]]), SEG30.1080 (Samos, c.500 b.c.), ib. 1517 (Perge, v/iv b.c.), Robert Hell.11/12.544 (Miletus, ii a.d.).</span>