aufsitzen
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
aufsitzen, I) festsitzen, fest sein: haerere; adhaerescere alci rei. – II) = aufsteigen no. I, a, w. s.