ἀνθ-ίστημι,
set against, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115; especially in battle, πελταστικὴν τῆ τοῦ παγκρατίου μάχῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τροπαῖον set up a trophy in opposition, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.54, 105] Refs 5th c.BC+]; weigh against, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1389] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινὸς τὴν ὁλκήν outweigh him, [[LXX.Sir. 8.2. ] LXX]
__2 match with, compare, ἀντιστῆσαι καὶ παραβαλεῖν[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only ] Refs 8th c.BC+]passive, with intransitive aorist 2 ἀντέστην. aorist 1 passive ἀντεστάθην[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀνθέστηκα[[ NT.Rom.9.19] NT]; Attic dialect contraction participle ἀνθεστώς[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.70] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀντιστήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.75, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 645] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—stand against, especially in battle, withstand, Ἥρῃ δ᾽ ἀντέστη.. Ἄρτεμις[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.70, compare 72, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.117 +others; τοὺς ἀνθισταμένους τοῖς ὑμετέροις βουλήμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.49; πρὸς τὴν ἀνάγκην οὐδ᾽ Ἄρης ἀ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 256, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.1: rarely with _genitive_, δέος.. σοὶ φρενῶν ἀνθίσταται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 703 (ἀνθάπτεται Wakef.),compare 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.520. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]