ἐφιστάναι

From LSJ

φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἐφίστημι): make overseer of, place over, put at the head of, put on, put over, set in command, set over

Lexicon Thucydideum

imponere, to impose, 2.75.4,
MED. inhibere, to restrain, hold back, 2.91.4, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἔστησαν].
supervenire, to arrive, come up, 3.82.2,
ingruere, adoriri, to attack, assail, 4.63.1, 8.69.4.