I. intr., to be at variance, τινι with one, X.An.2.5.28, etc.; πρός τινα ib.6.1.29, Pl.R. 545d, etc.
2. in the Greek states, form a party or faction, be at odds (defined by Arist. as happening ὅταν ἑκάτερος ἑαυτὸν [ἄρχειν] βούληται, EN1167a34), Hdt.1.59, 7.2, al., Cratin.54; “ἀλλήλοις” X. Mem.2.6.17; “ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι” Hdt.1.60; “περὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίης” Id.8.3; “ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας” Lys.2.61; “πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου” And.2.26: generally, quarrel, “τοῖσι ἑωυτοῦ ἀδελφεοῖσι” Hdt.4.160; “τάξιος εἵνεκα” Id.9.27; “διά τι” Pl.R.464e; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ib.465b; τοῖς ἐχθροῖσι μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ς. side with us against them, Ar.Eq.590; “ς. κατ: ἀλλήλους περί τινος” Th.4.84; “πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος” Pl.R.488b, cf. Phld.Rh.2.220 S.
3. of the states themselves, to be distracted by factions and party strife, Ar.Av.1014, Th.4.1,66, Pl.Ep.336e, etc.
4. generally, to be in a state of discord, disagree, “περί τινος” Id.Euthphr.8d, al.
II. trans., revolutionize, throw into confusion, “τὴν πόλιν” Lys.18.18; “τὰ πράγματα” D.11.18; “οἴκους” Anon. ap. Stob.4.31.84; “τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν” Philostr.VA6.38:—Pass., in signf. 1.3, “διὰ τὸ τὰ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ στασιάζεσθαι” D.C.40.32; “τὸ ἐστασιασμένον” S.E.M.7.346.—This trans. sense is expressed by στασιάζειν ποιῶ in Isoc.4.134.
