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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[ὑφίστημι]], [[ὑφίσταμαι]]):<br><span class="bld">A</span> as an act, [[standing under]], [[supporting]], ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου . . ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑπόστασιν πεποίηται Hp.''Art.''55; [τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν . . οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]'' 659a24; ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόστασις [[LXX]] ''Ps.''68(69).3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[resistance]], τοῦ κύματος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''368b12 (unless = [[settling down]]); so perhaps in Hp.''Off.''3, Ael.''Fr.''59.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lying in ambush]], S.''Fr.''719.<br><span class="bld">B</span> as a thing,<br><span class="bld">I</span> in liquids, [[that which settles at the bottom]], [[sediment]], Hp.''Steril.''242, Arist.''HA''551b29, ''Mete.''382b14, Thphr.''HP'' 9.8.3; especially of [[sediment]] in the [[urine]], Hp.''Coac.''146,389, ''Aph.''4.69, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the [[urine]] itself is called [[ἡ ὑπόστασις ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''358a8; ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑπόστασις Id.''PA''647b28; [[ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑπόστασις]] ib.671b20; also of the [[dry]] [[excrement]], [[ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑπόστασις]] ib.647b28, cf. 677a15, ''Mete.''358b9.<br><span class="bld">b</span> an [[accumulation]] of [[pus]], [[abscess]], Hp.''Art.''40.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">νέφους ὑποστάσεις</b> [[cloud]]-[[cumuli]], D.S.1.38.<br><span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[jelly]] or [[thick]] [[soup]], in plural, Men.462.10 (cf. Poll.6.60), Orib.4.8.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph. of time, [[duration]], ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑπόστασις Gal.19.187; [[μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑπόστασις]] = [[remember]] how [[short]] my [[time]] is, [[LXX]] ''Ps.''88(89).48; [[ἡ ὑπόστασις μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου]] = [[mine]] [[age]] is as nothing before thee, ib.38(39).6; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' Ἕκτορος) <b class="b3"> ἡ ὑπόστασις τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν</b> as long as his [[store]] of years lasted, Vett.Val.347.14.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[coming into existence]], [[origin]], ἡ ὑπόστασις μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς [[LXX]] ''Ps.''138(139).15; περὶ τοῦ γένους . . τῶν Ἰουδαίων . . ὅτι . . τὴν πρώτην ὑπόστασιν ἔσχεν ἰδίαν J.''Ap.''1.1; <b class="b3">ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑπόστασιν καθ' ἑαυτήν</b> = the [[culmination]] has no [[power]] of originating by itself, Hermog. ''Id.''1.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[foundation]] or [[substructure]] of a [[temple]], etc., [[LXX]] ''Na.''2.7, D.S.1.66, 13.82; <b class="b3">ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων</b> [[lower part]] of a crenellated [[wall]], Ph.''Bel.''84.9; <b class="b3">ὑπόστασις ξύλου</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὑπότασις]] ξ. in Hp. ''Mochl.''25.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of a [[narrative]], [[speech]], or [[poem]], [[groundwork]], [[subject-matter]], [[argument]], Plb.4.2.1, D.S.1.3, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[plan]], [[purpose]], Id.16.32; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν Id.1.28, 15.70; πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν Id.1.3; <b class="b3">οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι . . ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑποστάσει κεχρημένοι εἰσί</b> (''[[sc.]]'' in their calendar) Gem.8.16, cf. 25; κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑπόστασιν ''BMus.Inscr.''892.21 (Halic., i B. C./i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[confidence]], [[courage]], [[resolution]], [[steadiness]], of soldiers, Plb.4.50.10,6.55.2; [[hope]], ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί [[LXX]] ''Ru.''1.12; <b class="b3">ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῆς</b> ib.''Ez.''19.5, cf. ''Ep.Hebr.''3.14; ἡ ὑπόστασις τῆς καυχήσεως ''2 Ep.Cor.''11.17, cf. 9.4; <b class="b3">ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις</b> [[confidence]] in things hoped for, ''Ep.Hebr.''11.1 (unless [[substance]] be the right sense here).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[undertaking]], [[promise]], οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν ''PEleph.''15.3 (iii B. C.), cf. ''PTheb.Bank''1.8 (ii B. C.), ''PTeb.''61 (b).194 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> Astrol., <b class="b3">τὰ τούτου</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">κλήρου τύχης</b>) <b class="b3"> τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις</b> (fort. -στάσεις) [λέγεται] Serapio in ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''8(4).227.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[substantial nature]], [[substance]], <b class="b3">δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑπόστασιν ἔχειν</b> woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous [[substance]], Thphr.''CP''5.16.4; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑπόστασις</b> ib.6.7.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[substance]], [[actual existence]], [[reality]] (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑποστάσεως ἐχρήσαντο Socr. ''HE''3.7), opp. [[semblance]], [[φαντασία]]ν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑπόστασιν δὲ μή Artem.3.14; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν</b> ([[substantial]], [[actual]]), Arist.''Mu.''395a30, cf. ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''3.6, D.L.7.135, 9.91; so [[ὑποστάσεις]] are the [[substance]]s of which the [[reflection]]s (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) [[appear]] in the [[mirror]], ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''4.14.2; [[ὑπόστασιν ἔχειν]] = [[have substantial existence]], Demetr.Lac.''Herc.''1055.14, S.E. ''P.''2.94, 176, M.Ant.9.42; <b class="b3">ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει</b> ([[ὑποτάσει]] cod.), <b class="b3">πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν φυτευθέντα</b>, a [[separate]] [[existence]], Sor.1.96, cf. 33; ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν Id.2.57; ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί M.Ant.9.1, cf. 10.5; ἡ [παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας . . κατὰ τὴν ὑπόστασιν (in respect of [[reality]])· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Luc. ''Par.''27; κατ' ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν καὶ οὐσίαν S.E.''M.''9.338.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[real nature]], [[essence]], χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως ''Ep.Hebr.''1.3.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as a Rhet. figure, the full [[expression]] or [[expansion]] of an [[idea]], Hermog.''Id.''1.11, Aristid. ''Rh.''1p.479S., Syrian. ''in Hermog.''1.60 R.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[ὑπόστημα]] ''III'', [[camp]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''13.23, 14.4.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[wealth]], [[substance]], [[property]], ib.''De.''11.6, ''Je.''10.17, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1274.15 (iii A. D.), ''BGU''1020.16 (vi A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[title]] [[deed]]s, [[document]]s recording [[ownership]] of [[property]], POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).