στᾰσι-ώτης,ου,ὁ, (
A.
στάσις
B. 111
) mostly in pl.,members of a partyorfaction in a state, partisans,οἱ τοῦ Μεγακλέος ς. Hdt. 1.60 , cf. 59 , 173 , al.; acting asa body-guard, Antipho Fr. 1 .
2. metaph. (with punning allusion to στάσις
B. 1.1
),οἱ τοῦ ὅλου ς. thepartisansof 'The Whole', opp.οἱ ῥέοντες, Pl. Tht. 181a ;ς. τῆς φύσεως καὶ ἀφυσίκους, of Parmenides and Melissus, who denied motion, Arist. ap. S.E. M. 10.46 .