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ἐπιστα^τ-έω , pf.
A.ἐπεστάτηκαMichel164.10 (Delos):—to be an ἐπιστάτης, to be set over, “ποιμνίοιςS.OT1028, E.Fr.188.4; ψυχὴ . τῷσώματιPl.Grg.465d; “ἐπιστήμη . τῇ πράξειId.R.443e; τῷ τοῦ νομοθέτουἔργῳId.Cra.390c, cf. 405d (but τέχνῃ according to art, Id.Plt. 293b): abs., Durrbach Choix d'inscrr. de Délos159, PCair.Zen.34.7; “εἰ μὴ ἐπιστατοῖ τὸ τάττονPlot.4.4.16.
4.. rarely c. acc., attend, follow, τίς γάρ με μόχθος οὐκ ἐπεστάτει; S.Fr.150.
5.. stand in the rear rank, Ascl.Tact.10.15.
6.. notice, observe, Sch.Pi. O.3.81.
II.. at Athens and elsewhere, to be ἐπιστάτης or president (in the βουλή and ἐκκλησία), freq. at the head of decrees, ἔδοξεν τῷδήμῳ: . . Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτειTh.4.118, cf. Ar.Th.374, Lexap.And.1.96, IG12.10, al., Arist.Ath.44.3; in other cities, SIG279.1 (Zelea, iv B.C.), OGI219.1 (Ilium, iii B.C.), etc.; “προέδρωνInscr.Magn.2, al.: generally, preside over, “δικαστηρίωνOGI556.13 (Tlos).
2.. exercise the office ofἐπιστάτης111.2, τοῦ Καίσαρος ναοῦ ib.555.2 (Oenoanda): abs., SIG707.21 (Olbia, ii B.C.).
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