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καθίστημι ,
A. in causal sense:—Act., in pres., impf., fut., and pf. “καθέστα^καHyp.Eux.28, LXXJe.1.10, D.H.Dem.54, D.S.32.11, etc.; once “καθέστηκαPHib.1.82i14 (iii B. C.): plpf. “-εστάκειDemetr. Sceps. ap. Ath.15.697d:—also in Med., fut. (Paus.3.5.1), aor. 1, more rarely pres. (infr. A. 11.2):—set down, “κρητῆρα καθίσταIl.9.202; νῆα κατάστησον bring it to land, Od.12.185; κ. δίφρους place, station them, before starting for the race, S.El.710; ποῖ [δεῖ] καθιστάναι πόδα; E.Ba.184; “κ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ φανερόνX.An.7.7.22; set up, erect, of stones, Inscr.Cypr.94, 95 H.:—Med., [λαῖφος] κατεστήσαντο βοεῦσι steadied it, h.Ap.407.
3. bring before a ruler or magistrate, Hdt.1.209, PRyl.65.10 (i B. C.), etc.; “τινὰ ἐπί τιναPCair.Zen.202.6 (iii B. C.), POxy.281.24 (i A. D.).
II. set in order, array, of soldiers, X.An.1.10.10; set as guards, προφυλακάς ib.3.2.1, etc.
B. intr. in aor. 2, pf. καθέστηκα, and plpf. of Act. (also fut. “καθεστήξωTh.3.37, 102), and all tenses of Med. (exc. aor. 1) and Pass.: pf. καθέσταμαι in later Greek, IG22.1006.24 (ii B. C.), LXXNu.3.32, etc.:—to be set, set oneself down, settle, ἐς [Αἴγιναν] Hdt.3.131, cf. Th.4.75; [ὀδύναι] “καθίσταντο ἐς ὑπογάστριονHp.Epid.7.97; of joints, ἐξίσταται ἀνωδύνως καὶ κ. goes out of joint and in again, Id.Art.8; κ. ἐς Ῥήγιον to make R. a base of operations, Th.3.86; simply, to be come to a place, “ὅποι καθέσταμενS.OC23.
3. deposit a sediment, Hp. Epid.1.2, 7.
5. come into a certain state, become, and in pf. and plpf., to have become, be,ἀντὶ φίλου πολέμιόν τινι κ.Hdt. 1.87; “οἱ μὲν ὀφθαλμῶν ἰητροὶ κατεστέασι, οἱ δὲ κεφαλῆςId.2.84; “ἔμφρων καθίσταταιS.Aj.306; “τῶν ἄνωθεν ὑπόπτων καθεστώτωνEpicur. Sent.13; “ἐς μάχηνHdt.3.45; “ἐς πόλεμον ὑμῖν καὶ μάχην κ.E.HF 1168; “ἐς πάλην καθίσταται δορὸς τὸ πρᾶγμαId.Heracl.159; “ἐς τὴν ἴησινHp.Prorrh.2.12; ἐς τὸ αὐτό they recover, Id.Coac.160 (later abs., “καταστῆναι καὶ μηδενὸς ἔτι φαρμάκου δεηθῆναιGal.Vict.Att.1); “ἐς τοὺς κινδύνουςAntipho 2.3.1; “ἐς φόβονHdt.8.12, Th.2.81; ἐς δέος, λύπην, Id.4.108,7.75; “ἐς φυγήνId.2.81; “ἐς ἔχθραν τινίIsoc.9.67; εἰς ὁμόνοιαν, εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν, Lys.18.18, 12.3; καταστῆναι ἐς συνήθειάν τινος τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖν make the city become accustomed to it, Aeschin.1.165; “ἀντιστασιώτης κατεστήκεεhad been, Hdt.1.92, cf. 9.37; “ἐν δείματι μεγάλῳ κατέστασανId.7.138; καταστάντων σφι εὖ τῶν πρηγμάτων ib.132; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατε; in what case are ye? S.OT10; φονέα με φησὶ . . καθεστάναι ib.703; “ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατοId.Ant.435; “κρυπτὸς καταστάςE.Andr.1064; “οἱ ἐν τούτῳ τῆς ἡλικίας καθεστῶτες ἐν . . Antipho 2.1.1; ἐν οἵῳ τρόπῳ [ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀρχὴ] κατέστη how it came into being, Th.1.97, cf. 96; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (sc. τοῦ πολέμου) from its first commencement, Id.1.1.
7. of purchases, cost, πλέον ὅσου ἐμοὶ κατέστησαν more than they stood me in, And.2.11, cf. Plu.2.349a.
8. stand against, oppose, πρός τινα dub. l. in Plb.23.18.5:—Pass., “Τιτήνεσσι κατέσταθενHes. Th.674.
C. aor. 1 Med. and sts. pres. Med. are used in trans. sense, v. supr. A. 11.2sq.
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