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ἐνίστημι , causal in pres., fut.and aor. 1 Act., and aor. 1 Med.:—
2. in Law, institute an heir, “. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούςPMasp.151.75 (vi A. D.).
4. ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, Ph.Bel.50.29.
B. Pass., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:—to be set in, stand in,λὁχοιςE.Supp.896; “ἐν τῷ νηῷHdt.2.91: abs., “πύλαι ἐνεστᾶσι ἑκατόνId.1.179, cf. Pl.Ti.50d, etc.
2. enter upon, take possession of, νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντοςFoed. Delph.Pell. 2B 14.
2. esp. Gramm., ἐνεστὼς (sc. χρόνος) the present tense, Stoic.2.48, D.T.638.22, A.D.Pron.58.7, al.; also “ἐνεστῶσα συντέλειαthe state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, Id.Synt.205.15: also in aor., τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, Plot.4.3.13; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, X.HG2.1.6; so “τὰ ἐνεστῶταPlb.2.26.3.
IV. stand in the way, resist, block,τοῖς ποιουμένοιςTh.8.69; “τῇ φυγῇPlu.Luc.13; “τῇ αὐξήσειId.Rom.25; “πρὸς πᾶσάν τινι πολιτείανId.Arist.3, cf.Marc.22: abs., stand in the way, Th.3.23; in argument, “ἐνέστηκεν νυνδὴ Κέβης ἔλεγεPl.Phd.77b; ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, SIG45.28 (Halic., v B.C.).
2. in Logic, object,τῷ καθόλουArist.Top.157b3; “πρὸς τὸν ἔξω λόγονId.APo.76b26: abs., Id.Rh.1402b24,al.; “. ὅτι . .Id.APr.69b6; “ὡς . .Id.EN1172b35, A.D. Synt.176.23.
3. of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, Plb.6.16.4, Plu.TG10,al.
V. of fluids, congeal, freeze,ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκόςThphr.CP5.13.1; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (sc. γάλα) Dsc.Alex.26.
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