ἐφ-ίστημι , perf. 3 pl.
ἐφέστα_σι, inf. ἐφεστάμεν(αι), part. gen.
ἐφεσταότος, plup. ἐφεστήκει, 3 pl. ἐφέστασαν,
aor. 2 ἐπέστη, mid. ipf. ἐφίστατο: perf. and mid., stand upon,
by, or at, aor. 2, come up to, draw
near, w. dat., or a prep. and its case, Il. 6.373, Il.
23.201, Il. 10.124, Il. 11.644; in hostile sense,
‘set upon,’ Il.
15.703; fig., Κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν
θανάτοιο, Il.
12.326.