I. trans., settlement, establishment, institution, “χορῶν” A.Ag.23, cf. Ar. Th.958; “πραγμάτων ἀρχὴ καὶ κ. πρώτη” D.18.188; αὕτη ἡ κ. τῆς δημοκρατίας mode of establishing democracy, Pl.R.557a; ἐπιτροπῆς κ. constitution of a wardship, Arist.Ath.56.6: also c. gen. agentis, δαιμόνων κ. their ordinance, decree, E.Ph.1266.
2. appointment of magistrates, ἀρχόντων, δικαστῶν, etc., Pl.R.414a, 425d; “τῶν τετρακοσίων” Arist.Ath.41.2, etc.; “αἱ περὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς κ.” Pl. Lg.768d.
3. bringing of ambassadors before the senate or assembly, introduction, presentation, Hdt.3.46, 8.141, 9.9.
4. κ. ἐγγυητῶν bringing one's bail forward, D.24.83,84; ἐμφανῶν production of goods, etc., in dispute, Id.53.14, Arist.Ath.56.6, Is.6.31.
5. pleading of a case, “τὰ πρὸς τὴν κ. δικαιώματα” PPetr.3p.55 (iii B.C.), cf. PAmh.2.33.7 (ii B.C.), etc.; opp. ἀφήγησις, Aps.p.251 H.; opp. διήγησις, Corn.Rh.p.371 H., cf. Syrian.in Hermog.2.64R.; “αἱ κ. τῶν δημηγοριῶν” Arist.Rh.Al.1438a2; f.l. for προκατάστασις, Hermog.Inv.2 tit.
6. settling, quieting, calming, “εἰς ἠρεμίαν καὶ κ. ἐλθεῖν” Arist.Ph.247b27; ἔστω πράϋνσις κ. καὶ ἠρέμισις (-ησις codd.) “ὀργῆς” Id.Rh.1380a8; “πρᾳότης κ. κινήσεως τῆς ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς” Pl.Def.412d; “κατάστασιν ὥσπερ ἐκ μανίας ὁ πότος ἐλάμβανεν” Plu.2.704e; opp. μανία, S.E.M.7.404: hence, of disease, opp. παροξυσμός, Hp.Aph.1.12 (pl.), Epid.1.25 (pl.).
7. restoration, opp. διαφθορά, Pl.Phlb.46c; εἰς δέ γε τὴν αὑτῶν φύσιν ὅταν καθιστῆται, ταύτην αὖ τὴν κ. ἡδονὴν ἀπεδεξάμεθα ib.42d; [“ἡ ἡδονὴ] κ. εἰς τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν φύσιν” Arist.Rh.1369b34.
8. rarely, setting of fractures, Hp.Fract.31, cf. Gal.18(2).590.
2. state, condition, οὕτω δὴ ἀνθρώπου κ. so is the condition of man, Hdt.2.173; “ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσι καὶ καταστάσι” Id.8.83; “ἡ αὐτὴ κ. ἐστι τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως ἡ μετὰ τὴν τελευτήν” Epicur.Fr.495; of climatic and seasonal conditions, Hp.Epid.1.3,20; “αἱ κ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ” Id.Aph.3.15; “ἀέρος” Thphr.HP8.8.7; “λοιμικὴ κ.” Plb.1.19.1, Dsc. 4.115 (pl.); νηνεμία καὶ κ. settled weather, Plu.2.281b; “θαυμαστή τις εὐδίας κ.” Luc.Halc.4; “κ. τοῦ χρώματος καὶ σώματος” Hp.Prorrh.2.4; κ. ὀμμάτων, προσώπου, E.Med.1197, Plu.2.260c; “κ. κακῶν” E.Hipp.1296; νυκτὸς ἐν κ. in the stillness of night, Id.Rh.111; ἐν τοιαύτῃ κ. τῆς ἡλικίας at such a mature age, Hyp.Fr.205; “τὰς ψυχὰς ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν κ. ἄγειν” Pl.R.547b; “οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει κ.” Arist.HA601b7; equiv. to διάθεσις, Id.Rh.1370a2; state of affairs, Isoc.4.115, D.18.62, Plb.2.71.2; also τὴν προσήκουσαν ἔχειν κ. the proper attitude, Carneisc. Herc.1027.10.
3. settled order or method, system, “ἀπὸ φύσιος καὶ κ. ἀρχαίης” Democr.278; esp. of political constitutions, “ἐχρᾶτο καταστάσι πρηγμάτων τοιῇδε” Hdt.2.173; “Κορινθίοισι ἦν πόλιος κ. τοιήδε” Id.5.92.“β́; ἡ κ. τῆς πόλεως” Pl.R.426c; “κ. πολιτείας” Id.Lg.832d, Arist.Ath.42.1; λέγεις δὲ . . τὴν ποίαν κ. ὀλιγαρχίαν; Pl.R.550c; “ἡ παροῦσα κ.” Isoc.3.55, cf. 26, Arist.Pol.1292a35; “τῆς περὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας κ.” CIG2741 (Aphrodisias); “ἡ πρώτη κ. τῶν περὶ τὴν μουσικὴν ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ” Plu.2.1134b.
4. position of troops in battle, Plb.2.68.9.