standing under, supporting,
ὑπόστᾰσις,εως,ἡ, (ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι):
A. as an act,standing under, supporting,
ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου . . ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται
Hp. Art. 55
; [ τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν . . οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους
Arist. PA 659a24
; ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ.
LXX Ps. 68(69).3
.
2. resistance,
τοῦ κύματος
Arist. Mete. 368b12
(unless= settling down); so perh. in Hp. Off. 3 , Ael. Fr. 59 .
3. lying in ambush,
S. Fr. 719 .
B. as a thing,
I. in liquids,that which settles at the bottom, sediment,
Hp. Steril. 242 , Arist. HA 551b29 , Mete. 382b14 , Thphr. HP 9.8.3 ; esp. ofsedimentin the urine, Hp. Coac. 146 , 389 , Aph. 4.69 , al., Gal. 6.252 , al.; but the urine itself is calledἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν,
Arist. Mete. 358a8 ; ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ.
Id. PA 647b28
;ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ.ib. 671b20 ; also of the dry excrement,ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ.ib. 647b28 , cf. 677a15 , Mete. 358b9 .
b. an accumulation of pus, abscess,
Hp. Art. 40 .
2. νέφους ὑποστάσειςcloud-cumuli,
D.S. 1.38 .
3. a kind ofjellyorthick soup,in pl., Men. 462.10 (cf. Poll. 6.60 ), Orib. 4.8.1 .
4. metaph. of time,duration,
ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ.
Gal. 19.187
;μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ.remember how short mytimeis, LXX Ps. 88(89).48 ;ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σουmineageis as nothing before thee, ib. 38(39).6 ;ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ(sc.Ἕκτορος)ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχενas long as hisstoreof years lasted, Vett.Val. 347.14 .
5. coming into existence, origin,
ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς
LXX Ps. 138(139).15
; περὶ τοῦ γένους . . τῶν Ἰουδαίων . . ὅτι . . τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν
J. Ap. 1.1
;ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήνhas nopowerof originating by itself, Hermog. Id. 1.10 .
II. foundationorsubstructureof a temple, etc., LXX Na. 2.7 , D.S. 1.66 , 13.82 ;ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower partof a crenellated wall, Ph. Bel. 84.9 ;ὑ. ξύλουis f.l. for ὑπότασις ξ. in Hp. Mochl. 25 .
2. metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem,ground-work, subject-matter, argument,
Plb. 4.2.1 , D.S. 1.3 , etc.
3. plan, purpose,
Id. 16.32 ; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ.
Id. 1.28
, 15.70 ; πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ.
Id. 1.3
;οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι . . ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί(sc. in their calendar) Gem. 8.16 , cf. 25 ; κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ.
BMus.Inscr. 892.21
(Halic.,i B. C. /i A. D.).
4. 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
;ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆςib. Ez. 19.5 , cf. Ep.Hebr. 3.14 ; ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως
2 Ep.Cor. 11.17
, cf. 9.4 ;ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidencein things hoped for, Ep.Hebr. 11.1 (unlesssubstancebe the right sense here).
5. 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.).
6. Astrol.,τὰ τούτου(sc.κλήρου τύχης)τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις(fort.-στάσεις)[λέγεται] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).227 .
III. substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχεινwoods hard to cleave, because of their resinoussubstance,
Thphr. CP 5.16.4 ;ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ.ib. 6.7.4 .
2. substance, actual existence, reality( οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο
Socr. HE 3.7
), opp. semblance, φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή
Artem. 3.14
;τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν(substantial, actual), Arist. Mu. 395a30 , cf. Placit. 3.6 , D.L. 7.135 , 9.91 ; soὑποστάσειςare thesubstancesof which the reflections (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Placit. 4.14.2 ;ὑ. ἔχεινhavesubstantial existence,
Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.14 , S.E. P. 2.94 , 176 , M.Ant. 9.42 ;ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει(ὑποτάσειcod.),πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα,a separateexistence,
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 ὑ.(in respect ofreality) : ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ
Luc. Par. 27
; κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν
S.E. M. 9.338
.
3. real nature, essence,
χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ.
Ep.Hebr. 1.3
.
IV. as a Rhet. figure,the full expressionorexpansionof an idea, Hermog. Id. 1.11 , Aristid. Rh. 1p.479S. , Syrian. in Hermog. 1.60 R.
V.
= ὑπόστημα
111 ,camp,
LXX 1 Ki. 13.23 , 14.4 .
VI. wealth, substance, property,ib. De. 11.6 , Je. 10.17 , POxy. 1274.15
(iii A. D.), BGU 1020.16
(vi A. D.), etc.
2. pl.,title deeds, documents recording ownership of property,
POxy. 237 viii 26
(ii A. D.).
