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ἐπικαθ-ίστημι ,
A.set upon, establish, “φυλακάς” D.C.41.50; cf. ἐπικαθίζω.
2.. set over, “κριτάς” Pl.Ti.72b.
3.. establish besides, “τὴν τῶν ἐφόρων ἀρχήν” Arist.Pol.1313a27; ἐ. τινὰ στρατηγόν appoint as successor in command, Plb.2.19.8, cf.J.AJ17.2.4:—Pass., ἐπικατασταθεὶς “στρατηγός” Plb.2.2.11, cf. IG5(1).1390.12 (Andania).
4.. pay in addition, Leg.Gort.1.47; but simply, deliver, σῖτον ἐπὶ τοὺς “ὅρμους” PLille 53 (iii B.C.).
5.. perform the manoeuvre of ἀντικατάστασις, Ascl.Tact.12.11:—Pass., of troops executing the manoeuvre, ib.10.11.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 17.2.4
    • Plato, Timaeus, 72b
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.19.8
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.2.11
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 41.50
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