ἔνστασις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[ἐνίσταμαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[origin]], [[beginning]], τῶν ὅλων πραγμάτων Aeschin.2.20; τοῦ πολέμου Plb.4.62.3; πραγμάτων Ph.2.75; [[institution]] of [[legal]] [[proceeding]]s, τὴν ὅλην ἔνστασιν τοῦ ἀγῶνος Aeschin.1.132.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἔνστασις βίου</b> a [[way of life]], D.L.6.103, cf. Jul.''Or.''6.201a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[institution]] of an [[heir]], ''Cod.Just.''1.2.25 [[Intr]]., PMasp.151.274 (vi A. D.); [[inheritance]], ib.312.55 (vi A. D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Medic., [[lodgement]], λίθων Aret.''CD''2.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[impaction]], [[obstruction]], ὄγκων Asclep. ap. Gal.10.101, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.30.5, etc.: generally, [[interference]], ὀνύχων Iamb.''Protr.''21.<b class="b3">ιθ'</b>.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, [[objection]] to an [[argument]], ἔ. [[πρότασις]] προτάσει ἐναντία Arist.''APr.''69a37, cf. ''Top.''157a35, ''Rh.''1402a31, Hermog.''Inv.''3.6, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[opposition]], Plb.6.17.8 (pl.), Ph.2.60.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[prosecution]], ἐν μολποῖς ''SIG'' 633.66 (Milet., ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">χαλεπὴ ἔνστασις</b> [[difficult]] [[situation]], IG12(5).509.4 (Seriphos, iii/ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> ([[ἐνίστημι]]) [[winding up]] an [[engine]], Ph.''Bel.''61.21, 57.41 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἔντασις]]).<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[impact]], [[interference]] of an [[object]] of [[vision]], ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''4.13.2, Plot.4.5.2.