σύστᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
(συνίστημι) bringing together, introduction, recommendation, πατρικὴν ἔχων σ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.78.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ πρός τινα σ. [[ [prev. author] 4.82.3, compare “SIG” 591.62 (Lampsacus. 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 5.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 27; σ. τῆς πρός τινα εὐνοίας 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.b. 7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; care, guardianship, ἔτινηπίας οὔσας (ἀπέδωκεν[]) εἰς σύστασιν Πτολεμαίῳ Γλαυκίου [[ “UPZ” 20.23 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; power of attorney, [[ PTeb. 317.14 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 communication between a man and a god, ταῦτα σοῦ εἰπόντος τρίς, σημεῖον ἔσται τῆς συστάσεως τόδε [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.209, compare 220,260, +others, “PMag.Lond.” 47.1,121.505. ] Refs]
__3 protection, ἵνα διὰ τῆς σῆς δεξιᾶς ᾖ μοι σ. [[ “PSI” 6.717.12 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II proof, [[ 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Metaphysica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 12.3, 409.16 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; confirmation, εἰς σύστασιν [τῶν ἀξιωμάτων] καὶ πίστιν[[ [prev. work] 271.14; σ. καὶ πίστεις τινός 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.10; πρὸς σύστασιν καὶ ἀσφάλειαν ἐπωμοσάμην “PLond.” 1.77.62 (6th c.AD),compare “BGU” 1187.31 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B (συνίσταμαι) standing together, close combat, conflict, ἐν τῇ σ. μάχεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.117, compare 7.167 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν ταῖς συμπλοκαῖς μάχη καὶ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 833a; ἡ ἐκ σ. μάχη 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.15.3; ὅταν.. σύστασιν ὁ ἀγὼν ἔχῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 16, compare “Aem.” 20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, disturbance in the human body, καθάρσεων καὶ συστάσεων τοῦ σώματος ἀρίστη ἡ διὰ τῶν γυμνασίων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 89a; καταστεῖλαι τὴν σ. τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ γυμνασίου 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.26.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὅλου τοῦ σώματος (as a plague-symptom) [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in [same work]44.17.2] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξ. τῆς γνώμης conflict of mind, intense anxiety, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; μένος μὲν ξ. τε σῶν φρενῶν δεινή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 983; so ἤν τις πόνος ἢ σ. γίνηται τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 17 vulgar form (_falsa lectio_ for{τάσις}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]