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ἐνίστημι,
causal in present, future and aorist 1 active, and aorist 1 middle:— put, place in, ἵππον ἐν λίθοις ἐνιστάναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.16; στήλας ἐνίστη ἐς τὰς χώρας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) ἡνίοχον ἐνστῆσαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 266e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἱπποκόμους εἰς (i.e. amongst) τοὺς ἱππέας ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.6: with _dative_, ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.563. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in Law, institute an heir, ἐ. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούς [[ “PMasp.” 151.75 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__3 aorist 1 middle, also, begin, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἐνεστήσαντο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 268; οὐδὲν πώποτε τῶν πραγμάτων ἐνεστήσασθ᾽ ὀρθῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τοιοῦτον ἀγῶν᾽ ἐνστησάμενος [[ [prev. author] 18.4 ] Refs]; ἐ. τὸ πρᾶγμα, Latin rem instituere, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 951a28; ἀρχὰς τῆς γενέσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.10.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν καὶ μῖσος πρός τινα ἐνστήσασθαι to begin to show.., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.82.9; πρᾶξιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 16 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 50.29. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __B passive, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:—to be set in, stand in, λὁχοις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 896; ἐν τῷ νηῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91: _absolutely_, πύλαι ἐνεστᾶσι ἑκατόν [prev. author] 1.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 enter upon, take possession of, ὁ νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντος [[ “Foed. Delph.Pell.” 2 B 14. ] Refs]
__B.II to be appointed, σοῦ ἐνεστεῶτος βασιλέος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, compare 6.59; ἐς ἀρχήν [prev. author] 3.68; ἐς τυραννίδας [prev. author] 2.147. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III to be upon, threaten, with dative person, τοιούτων τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι ἐνεστεώτων πρηγμάτων [[ [prev. author] 1.83; τὸν πόλεμον τὸν ἐνστάντα σοὶ καὶ τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in war, press hard, τινί [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.97.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, begin, [τοῦ θέρους] ἐνισταμένου [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.8.2; ἐνισταμένου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ LXX.1Ki.12.24 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; to be at hand, arise, ὁ τότ᾽ ἐνστὰς πόλεμος [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89, compare 139, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.71.4; τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Φίλιππον ὑμῖν ἐνεστηκότος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.58 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially in perfect participle, pending, present, μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 779, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.45, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.14; ὁ νῦν ἐνεστηκὼς ἀγών 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7; so οὐδενὸς ἡμῖν ἐνεστῶτος πρὸς αὐτούς “PStrassb.” 91.21 (1st c.BC) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, instant, present, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνός Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα κακία, ἀνάγκη, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.60, NT.1Cor.7.26; κατὰ τὸν ἐ. καιρόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b23; ἀγαθὸν ἐνεστὼς ἢ μέλλον “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.94; compare ἐνεστάναι τὸν πάντα χρόνον ὡς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐνεστηκέναι λέγομεν 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 esp. Grammars, ὁ ἐνεστὼς (i.e. χρόνος) the present tense, [[ Stoic. 2.48, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.22, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 58.7, +others; also ἐνεστῶσα συντέλεια ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]the state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, [[ [prev. author] “Synt.” 205.15: also in ] Refs]aorist, τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.13 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.6; so τὰ ἐνεστῶτα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV stand in the way, resist, block, τοῖς ποιουμένοις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.69; τῇ φυγῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 13; τῇ αὐξήσει [prev. author] “Rom.” 25; πρὸς πᾶσάν τινι πολιτείαν [prev. author] “Arist.” 3, compare “Marc.” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, stand in the way, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; in argument, ἐνέστηκεν ὃ νυνδὴ Κέβης ἔλεγε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, [[ “SIG” 45.28 (Halic., 5th c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV.2 in Logic, object, τῷ καθόλου [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 157b3; πρὸς τὸν ἔξω λόγον [prev. author] “APo.” 76b26: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Rh.” 1402b24, +others; ἐ. ὅτι.. [prev. author] “APr.” 69b6; ὡς.. [prev. author] “EN” 1172b35, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 176.23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.IV.3 of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.16.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 10, +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.V of fluids, congeal, freeze, ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκός [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.13.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (i.e. γάλα) [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Alex.” 26. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
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