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

|btext=εως (ἡ) :<br /><b><b>A.</b> I.</b> [[action d'établir]], <i>d'où</i><br /><b>1</b> [[action d'établir]], [[d'installer]], [[d'instituer]] : τινος qqn <i>ou</i> qch (des magistrats, des danses, <i>etc.</i>);<br /><b>2</b> [[indemnité d'équipement aux cavaliers]], [[à Athènes]];<br /><b>3</b> [[présentation des ambassadeurs dans l'assemblée du peuple]];<br /><b>II.</b> action d'arrêter, <i>d'où</i><br /><b>1</b> [[action de réprimer]], [[action de contenir]] (la colère, la passion, <i>etc.</i>);<br /><b>2</b> [[action de restaurer]], [[action de ramener à l'état normal]];<br /><b>B.</b> <b>I.</b> [[action de se maintenir]], [[fermeté]], [[fixité]] : νόμου SOPH de la loi;<br /><b>II.</b> [[état]], [[condition]], [[nature]] :<br /><b>1</b> <i>au sens phys.</i> [[κατάστασις]] ἀνθρώπου HDT condition d'homme;<br /><b>2</b> <i>au sens mor.</i> [[état]], [[condition de l'âme]];<br /><b>3</b> <i>au sens polit.</i> [[κατάστασις]] δημοκρατίας PLAT caractère de la démocratie;<br /><b>III.</b> [[manière d'être]] <i>ou</i> de se tenir, [[constitution]], [[système]], [[méthode]] : [[κατάστασις]] πόλιος HDT constitution d'une cité.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[καθίστημι]].