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Morphology Lemmata ἐπίσταμαι (external link: ἐπίσταμαι )Forms: κἀπιστήσει (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμέναισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένη (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένην (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένοισι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένου (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένων (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένῳ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμην (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίσθην (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστηθείσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστηθῆναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστηθῇ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστησόμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενον (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθω (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθων (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθωσαν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέαται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέωνται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσει (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσομαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσονται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστᾰμένωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιντο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιτο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιτο̂ (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστανται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθον (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστεαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστησθ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστησθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστηται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστω (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστωνται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστᾰμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστᾳ (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστῃ (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστάμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστάμην (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστάσθην (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστέατο (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστήθη (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστήθην (data provider: perseus), ἠπιστήθησαν (data provider: perseus), ἠπίσταντ' (data provider: perseus), ἠπίσταντο (data provider: perseus), ἠπίσταντό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠπίστασθ' (data provider: perseus), ἠπίστασθε (data provider: perseus), ἠπίστασο (data provider: perseus), ἠπίστατο (data provider: perseus), ἠπίστω (data provider: perseus)ἐφίστημι (external link: ἐφίστημι )Forms: κἀπισταίην (data provider: perseus), κἀπιστήσει (data provider: perseus), κἀπίστατον (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστεώσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστεώτων (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστεῶτα (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστεῶτασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστεῶτεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστησάμην (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστάθη (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστάθην (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστάθησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστάναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστάσθω (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπεστήσαμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπεστήσατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθεὶσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισταθεῖσα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθὲν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισταθέντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθέντων (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθῆναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθῇ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθῶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταθῶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμέναισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένη (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένην (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένοισι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένου (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένων (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταμένῃσιν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισταμένῳ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίμην (data provider: perseus), ἐπισταίσθην (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστησάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστησόμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστὰσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστάμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενον (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάμενοί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστάμενόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστάμενόσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστάμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντε (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάντων (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσει (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσεισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθω (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθων (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάσθωσαν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστάτην (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέαται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστέωνται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσαισ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστήσαντα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσαντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσαντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσαντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσασα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσασι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσατε (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσει (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσειε (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσειεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσειν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεισ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσεται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσηται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσομαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσομεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσονται (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσουσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσω (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστήσῃσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστώμεθα (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστᾰμένωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστᾶσα (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστᾶσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστᾶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστῆναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστῆναί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστῆσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστῆσαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστῇ (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστῇσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστῶμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπιστῶνται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπιστῶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστα (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστασαν (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστη (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστημεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστην (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησα (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησαν (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησε (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστησεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπέστω (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστα (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίσταιντο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιτο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταιτο̂ (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταμαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίστανται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστανταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίσταο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίστασθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασθον (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστασο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσταται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστατον (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστηθι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστησθ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστησον (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίστηται (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστηταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπίστω (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστᾰμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπίστᾰτον (data provider: perseus), ἐφειστήκει (data provider: perseus), ἐφειστήκεισαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφειστήκεσαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστακότοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστακότων (data provider: perseus), ἐφεσταμένη (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεσταότασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεσταότεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεσταότοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστεῶτοσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεστηκυίασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκυῖα (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκυῖαι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκυῖαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκέναι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκόσι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκόσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότα (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκότων (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηκὼσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεστηκώσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηξομένου (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστηώσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάκει (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάκειν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάναι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστάτω (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκασι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκασιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκει (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκεσαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκοιεν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστήκῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστὸσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεστόσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεστὼσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφεστώσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστώσησ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστώτων (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστᾶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστᾶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶσαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτα (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτι (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφεστῶτά (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφισταμένασ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφισταμένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἐφισταμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφισταμένων (data provider: perseus), ἐφισταμένῳ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφιστὰσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφιστάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάμενον (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάναι (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάντα (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστάσ (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστᾶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστᾶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφιστῆται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφιστῶνται (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστα (data provider: perseus), ἐφέσταμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστασαν (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστατον (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστηκα (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστηκασ (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστηκε (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστηκεν (data provider: perseus), ἐφέστᾰκα (data provider: perseus), ἐφίσταμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστανται (data provider: perseus), ἐφίσταντο (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστασαι (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐφίσταται (data provider: perseus), ἐφίσταταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐφίστατε (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστατο (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστη (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστημι (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστησι (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστησιν (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστηται (data provider: perseus), ἐφίστω (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon ἐπίσταμαι ἐπίσταμαι , ipf. ἐπίστατο , fut. ἐπιστήσονται : know how, understand , w. inf., Il. 2.611; often the part. in the sense of skilled in , w. gen., Od. 21.406, abs., Il. 18.599; w. dat., Il. 15.282; of knowing a fact, Od. 4.730.ἐφίστημι ἐφ-ίστημι , perf. 3 pl. ἐφέστᾶσι , 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.Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon ἐπίσταμαι ἐπίστᾰμαι , 2 pers. -ασαι A. Pr. 376 , 982, S. El. 629, Pl. Euthd. 296a, but ἐπίστᾳ Pi. P. 3.80 , A. Eu. 86, 581, ἐπίστῃ Thgn. 1085 , PCair.Zen. 41.19 (iii B.C.) , Ion. ἐπίστεαι ̔ἐξ- ) Hdt. 7.135; imper. ἐπίστασο ib. 29, 209, A. Pr. 840, 967, PCair.Zen. 57.4 (iii B.C.) , etc., but ἐπίσταο v.l. in Hdt. 7.209, contr. ἐπίστω S. OT 658 , etc.; subj. Ion. ἐπιστέωμαι Hdt. 3.134, Att. ἐπίστωμαι Pl. Euthd. 296a : impf. ἠπιστάμην A. Pr. 267 , etc.; without augm. ἐπίστατο Il. 5.60 : Hdt. has ἐπ- 5.42 (v.l.ἠπ- ), ἠπ- 3.139 ; Ion. 3 pl. ἠπιστέατο or ἐπιστέατο 8.132 : fut. ἐπιστήσομαι Il. 21.320 , etc.: aor. 1 ἠπιστήθην Hdt. 3.15 , Pl. Lg. 687a.
I. . know how to do, be able to do, capable of doing, c.inf. , οὐδέ οἱ ὀστέ' ἐπιστήσονται Ἀχαιοὶ ἀλλέξαι Il. 21.320 , cf. Od. 13.207, Sapph. 70, etc.: Hom. has it both of intellectual power, ὅς τις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν Il. 14.92 ; ἐπιστάμεναι σάφα θυμῷ Od. 4.730 ; and of artistic skill, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν Il. 5.60 : freq. in Trag. and Att., οὔπω σωφρονεῖν ἐπίστασαι A. Pr. 982 , cf. 1032, S. OT 589; πένεσθαι δ' οὐκ ἐ. δόμοσ A. Ag. 962 ; ἐ... θεοὺς σέβειν E. Hipp. 996 , cf. Alc. 566; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐ . Ar. V. 989, cf. Pl. Smp. 223d, R. 420e, al.: without inf. , σῷζ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι as best you can , A. Pr. 376, cf. Eu. 581.
2. . to be assured, feel sure that .., τοῦτον ἐπίστανται πλεῖστα εἰδέναι Heraclit. 57 , cf. Hdt. 3.134, 139, 6.139, al.: folld. by ὡσ , Id. 1.122.
II. . c. acc., understand a matter, know, be versed in or acquainted with , πολλὰ δ' ἐπίστατο ἔργα Il. 23.705 , cf. Od. 2.117; Μουσέων δῶρον Archil. 1 ; τὴν τέχνην Hdt. 3.130 ; τὸ μέλλον A. Pers. 373 ; ἐμπειρίᾳ ἐ. τὴν ναυτικήν Th. 4.10 ; τὰς φύσεις ὑμῶν Id. 7.14 ; πάσας τὰς δημιουργίασ Pl. R. 598c ; ἔγωγε γράμματ' οὐδ' ἐ . Cratin. 122; τὸ μὴ ἐ. γράμματα illiteracy, PRyl. 73.19 (i B.C.) , etc.; ἐ. ἱερατικὰ καὶ Αἰγύπτια γράμματα PTeb. 291.41 (ii A.D.) ; ἐ. μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου know them by heart , Pl. Phd. 61b, cf. Grg. 484b: also with an Adv. , Συριστὶ ἐ . know Syrian, X. Cyr. 7.5.31; with acc. and inf. conjoined, A. Eu. 276; with inf. to expl. the acc., ἔργον δὲ μοῦνον ἐσθίειν ἐ . Semon. 7.24, cf. Archil. 65.
2. . after Hom. , know as a fact, know for certain , ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι Hdt. 7.8 .ά , etc.; used convertibly with εἰδέναι , Pl. Tht. 163b, Arist. APr. 66b31, Ph. 184a10; even χάριν ἐ. , = χάριν εἰδέναι , Jul. Or. 8.246c(but sts. εἰδέναι is general, ἐπίστασθαι being confined to scientific knowledge (ἐπιστήμη ), διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον Arist. Metaph. 982b21 ): freq.strengthd., εὖ ἐ . Hdt.l.c.; σαφῶς ἐ . A. Pr. 840, etc.: most freq. c. acc., τὰ διαφέροντα ἐ . And. 4.19, etc.; also ἐ. περί τινοσ Hdt. 2.3 , Th. 6.60; περὶ θεῶν E. Fr. 795.4 : folld. by a dependent clause, τί σφιν χρήσηται ἐ . Thgn. 772; ἐ. ὅτι .. , or ἐ. τοῦτο, ὅτι .. , Hdt. 1.3, 156, etc.; ὡς .. A. Pers. 599 ; τοῦτ' ἐπίστασ', ὡσ S. Aj. 1370 ; ἐ. αὐτὸν οἷς ψωμίζεται Ar. Eq. 715 , etc.
3. . rarely, know a person, Ἀρίγνωτον γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐκ ἐ . Ar. Eq. 1278, cf. Muson. Fr. 3p.12H., Luc. Asin. 1; τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐ . Act.Ap. 19.15; but ὁ παῖς τοὺς τεκόντας οὐκ ἐ . does not know who they are , E. Ion 51.
III. . c. part. , in Prose and Trag., know that one is, has, etc., εὖ ἐ. αὐτὸς σχήσων Hdt. 5.42 ; ἐσθλὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο S. Aj. 1399 , cf. Th. 2.44; also ὡς ὧδ' ἐχόντων τῶνδ' ἐ. σε χρή S. Aj. 281 ; ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδ' ἐ . Id. OT 848: c. dupl. acc., ἑαυτοὺς Φαυστύλου ἠπιστάμεθα παῖδασ (sc. ὄντασ ) Plu. Rom. 7: c.acc. et inf. , S. Ant. 1092, Lys. Fr. 53.1.
IV. . pres. part. ἐπιστάμενος, η, ον , freq. as Adj. , knowing, understanding, skilful , ἀνδρὸς ἐ . Od. 14.359; χαλεπὸν ἐ. περ ἐόντι Il. 19.80 ; καὶ μάλ' ἐ . Od. 13.313; even of a dancer's feet, θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι Il. 18.599 : also c.gen., φόρμιγγος ἐ. καὶ ἀοιδῆσ skilled, versed in them, Od. 21.406: and c. dat., ἄκοντι Il. 15.282 : hence,
2. . Adv. ἐπιστᾰμένωσ skilfully, expertly , 7.317, Hes. Th. 87, etc.; εὖ καὶ ἐ . Il. 10.265, Od. 20.161, Hes. Op. 107; ἐ. πίνειν Thgn. 212 ; also in Prose, X. Cyr. 1.1.3, A.D. Adv. 146.7, Vett. Val.298.2: c.inf. , with knowledge how to .., Epicur. Nat. 14.4. (Since ἐφίστημι τὸν νοῦν is used in the sense of ἐπίσταμαι , attend, observe , it is prob. that ἐπίσταμαι is merely an old med. form of ἐφίστημι , cf. Arist. Ph. 247b11 τῷ γὰρ ἠρεμῆσαι καὶ στῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπίστασθαι ..λέγομεν , and v. ἐπίστασισ 11.2.)ἐφίστημι ἐφίστημι , Ion. ἐπ- :
A. causal in pres. , impf. , fut. , and aor. 1 (also in the later pf. and plpf. ἐφέστᾰκα, ἐφεστάκειν [ᾰ ], v. infr. 11.1, VI. 2):
I. set, place upon , τεῖχος τείχει Th. 2.75 ; τι ἐπί τινοσ Pl. Criti. 116a ; τι ἐπί τινι X. HG 3.1.7 ; ὅρους ἐπὶ οἰκίαν D. 41.6 : metaph., ἐ. τὴν ἐκεῖ μοῖραν βίῳ Pl. R. 498c ; ἀνάγκην τινί D.H. 1.16 .
II. set over , μ' Ἀπόλλων τῷδ' ἐπέστησεν τέλει A. Ag. 1202 ; φύλακ' ἐπέστησεν βοτ Id. Supp. 303 ; ἐ. τινὰ ὕπαρχόν τισι Hdt. 5.27 ; τινὰ παιδαγωγόν τινι Pl. Alc. 1.122b , cf. X. Lac. 2.1; τινὰ πεντηκοντόρῳ Id. An. 5.1.15 ; τινὰ τοῖς πράγμασι Isoc. 2.27 ; τὸν νόμον Arist. Pol. 1292b28 ; ἐπὶ [συμμάχων] τινά Plb. 2.65.9 ; ἐφεστάκει τινὰς πρὸς χρείαν Id. 10.20.5 ; κύνα ἐπὶ ποίμνην D. 26.22 ; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰς εὐθύνασ Id. 18.112 : c. inf. , βουλὴν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τῆς εὐκοσμίασ Isoc. 7.37 :— Pass., to be appointed, instituted, PTeb. 61 (b ).358 (ii B. C.) , etc.
2. bring in , ἡ τύχη ἐπιστήσασα Ῥωμαίουσ Plb. 15.20.6 ; Φίλιππον ἐ. τοῖς πράγμασι to let him have a hand in the business, D. 19.34.
3. bring in, cause, occasion , κατάπληξίν τισι D.S. 14.62 ; κίνδυνον, ἀγῶνά τινι , App. Hann. 55, Syr. 10; ἡ τύχη λοιμικὴν διάθεσιν ἐπέστησε Γαλάταισ Plb. 2.20.7 .
III. set up, establish , ἀγῶνα Hdt. 1.167 , 6.38: c. acc. et inf. , ordain, prescribe , ὁ νόμος ἐφίστησι τὰ λοιπὰ κρίνειν τοὺς ἄρχοντασ Arist. Pol. 1287a26 ; ἐπιστήσατε quid facere debeamus, Plin. Ep. 6.31.12.
IV. set by or near to , ἐπιστήσαντες κύκλῳ τὸ σῆμα ἱππέασ Hdt. 4.72 ; esp. place in rear , of troops, τὴν φάλαγγα τούτοις κατόπιν ἐ. Plb. 1.33.6 , cf. 1.26. 14.
V. stop, cause to halt , ἐπιστῆσαι τὸ στράτευμα X. Cyr. 4.2.18 ; τὴν ὁδόν, τὴν πορείαν , D.S. 17.112, Plu. Cim. 1; τοὺς ἱππέας τοῦ πρόσω Arr. An. 5.16.1 ; ἐ. τὴν ὁρμήν check it, Plb. 16.34.2; τὴν διήγησιν interrupt it, Id. 7.11.1; check , ἔμμηνα Dsc. 1.125 , cf. POxy. 1088.20 (i A. D.) : abs., ἐπιστήσασ (sc. ἑαυτόν ) having halted , X. An. 1.8.15:— Pass., to be checked, stopped, PPetr. 2p.62 (iii B. C.) ; ἐὰν ἐφίστηται ἡ κοιλία Sor. 1.122 .
VI. ἐφίστημι τὴν διάνοιαν κατά τι, περί τινοσ , fix one's mind upon it, attend to it, Isoc. 9.69, Arist. Metaph. 987b3, Thphr. Char.Prooem. , etc.; τὴν σκέψιν περί τινοσ Arist. Metaph. 1090a2 ; τὸν λόγον Id. Juv. 470b5 ; τὸν νοῦν τινι D.S. 12.1 ; αὑτὸν ἐπιστήσας ἐπί τι Arist. Top. 135a26 : ἐπιστῆσαι abs., give attention , τούτοις ἐπιστήσαντεσ Id. Mu. 391a26 ; περί τινοσ Id. GC 315b18 ; περί τι Id. HA 487a13 ; ἐπί τι Plb. 1.65.5 , etc.; ἐπιστήσασι μᾶλλον λεκτέον one must speak with more care and accuracy , Arist. Pol. 1335b3, cf. EN 1144a22; πότερον ..ἤ Jul. ad Them. 265b; ὅτι ..Sor. 1.97 (hence ἐπίσταμαι, ἐπιστήμη , qq.v.).
2. c. acc. pers., arrest the attention of , Plu. TG 17, cf. 2.17e, Gal. 18(2).105; ἐπιστῆσαί τινα ἐπί τι call his attention to, Plb. 2.61.11, cf. 4.34.9; τοῦ καιροῦ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν διήγησιν ἐφεστακότος ἡμᾶς ἐπί τι having led us to .., Id. 10.21.2, cf. 31.23.1: hence, object , Plot. 1.4.5.
B. intr. in Med. and Pass., ἐφίσταμαι , aor. 1 ἐπεστάθην [S. ] Fr. [1127.5], E. Hipp. 819, IT 1375, etc., with pf. , plpf. (Aeol. plpf. 3 sg. ἐπήστᾱκε Schwyzer 646.16 (Cyme, ii B. C. ): Dor. plpf. 3 pl. ἐφεστάκεον [ᾱ ] SIG 241.146 (Delph., iv B. C. )), and aor. 2 Act.: (the causal tenses are not found in Hom. , the Med. or Pass. only in impf. ἐφίστατο Il. 11.644 ; elsewh. always aor. 2 or pf. Act. with Ep. inf. ἐφεστάμεναι Od. 24.380 ):—stand upon , τεῖχος ..ῥύατ' ἐφεσταότεσ Il. 18.515 ; πύργῳ ἐφεστήκει 6.373 ; δίφρῳ ἐφεσταότοσ 17.609 , etc.; ἐπέστη βηλῷ ἔπι λιθέῳ 23.201 ; ἡ ..ἐπισταθεῖσα ὀρθή Arist. Metaph. 1051a28 ; ἐπὶ τὰς ..σχεδίασ Plb. 3.46.8 .
2. to be imposed upon , μόχθων τῶν ἐφεστώτων ἐμοί S. Tr. 1170 .
3. stand on the top or surface , τὸ ἐπιστάμενον [τοῦ γάλακτοσ ], i. e. cream , Hdt. 4.2; λιπαρότητες ἄνω ἐφιστάμεναι Hp. Prog. 12 ; ἐ. καθάπερ ὀρρὸς [γάλακτι ] Dsc. 1.72; of vapour, form , Arist. Juv. 469b31.
II. to be set over , ἐφίσταται πύλαισ A. Th. 538 ; οἷός τε πολλοῖς προβατίοις ἐφεστάναι Ar. V. 955 ; οἷοι νῷν ἐφεστᾶσι σκοποί S. Aj. 945 ; ἄρχοντες ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ μέρει ἐ. X. Hier. 9.5 ; ἐπί τινοσ Pl. R. 460b ; ἐπὶ τῆς πολιτείασ D. 19.298 : rarely c. gen., τὸν ἐπεστεῶτα τῆς διώρυχοσ Hdt. 7.117 ; ὅσοι θεοῦ χρημάτων ἐφέστασαν E. Andr. 1098 : abs. in part. , ὁ ἐφεστηκώσ the person in authority , the officer in command , X. Oec. 21.9; οἱ ἐφεστῶτεσ , Ion. οἱ ἐπεστεῶτεσ , Hdt. 2.148, S. Aj. 1072, X. Mem. 3.5.19.
III. stand by or near , ὣς πυκνοὶ ἐφέστασαν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 13.133 ; ἐπ' ἄκρῳ χείλει ἐφεσταότες, ἐ. παρὰ τάφρῳ , 12.52, 199; θύρῃσιν ἐφίστατο 11.644 ; ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας, ἐπὶ τὰς θύρασ , Hdt. 3.77, Pl. Smp. 212d; ἐπὶ τοῖς προθύροισ Id. Phlb. 64c ; esp. of dreams or visions, appear to , εὕδοντι ἐπέστη ὄνειροσ Hdt. 1.34 , cf. 7.14; ὄναρ κεφαλῆφιν ἐπέστη Il. 10.496 ; ἐπιστᾶσα τῆς νυκτόσ Isoc. 10.65 ; ἄγγελος ἐπέστη αὐτοῖσ Ev.Luc. 2.9 : abs., stand by , Hdt. 3.78; πολλῶν ἐφεστώτων App. Syr. 10 ; ἤμην ἐφεστώσ Act.Ap. 22.20 ; οἱ λέβητες ἐπεστεῶτεσ Hdt. 1.59 ; ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐφέστηκε Pl. Tht. 172e , cf. Aeschin. 3.79; without hostile sense, ἐπέστησ S. OC 558 , cf. Ev.Luc. 2.38, etc.; of troops, to be posted after or behind , κατόπιν ἐ. τοῖς θηρίοισ Plb. 16.18.7 .
2. in hostile sense, stand against , τὰ φρονέοντες ἐφέστασαν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 15.703 , cf.5.624; ἔνθα μένος πνείοντες ἐφέστασαν Od. 22.203 , cf. 24.380; appear before , of an army, ἐπὶ τῇ πόλι Hdt. 4.203 ; ἐπὶ τὸ βασίλειον Isoc. 9.58 ; come upon suddenly or by surprise , Th. 8.69; ἐξαίφνης ἐπιστὰς τοῖς γιγνομένοισ Isoc. 8.41 , cf. D. 6.5, Luc. DDeor. 17.1; εἰς τοὺς ὄχλουσ Isoc. 18.9 ; so of events, etc., αἰφνίδιος αὐτοῖς ἐ. ὄλεθροσ 1 Ep.Thess. 5.3 , cf. Ev.Luc. 21.34; διὰ τὸν ἐφεστῶτα ζόφον Plb. 18.20.7 ; διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα Act.Ap. 28.2 .
3. metaph., of events, spring upon one, occur , πρίν μοι τύχη τοιάδ' ἐπέστη S. OT 777 , cf. Th. 3.82; in pf. , impend, be at hand , τὸν ἐφεστηκότα κίνδυνον τῇ πόλει D. 18.176 ; ὁ καιρός ..ἐφέστηκε 2 Ep.Ti. 4.6 ; περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως ..ὁ λόγος ἐφέστηκε νῦν Arist. Pol. 1287a2 , cf. Metaph. 999a25; of a more remote future, to be in store, lie in wait for , κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν θανάτοιο Il. 12.326 .
IV. halt, stop , as in a march, ἄλλοτε καὶ ἄλλοτε ἐφιστάμενοσ X. An. 2.4.26 (cf. A. V); ἐπιστὰς περιέμεινα Pl. Smp. 172a : c. gen., ἐ. τοῦ πλοῦ Th. 2.91 .
V. fix one's mind on, give one's attention to , σφαγῇ E. Andr. 547 ; τῇ τρύγῃ PFlor. 236.4 (iii A. D.) ; ἐπί τι Isoc. 10.29 , D. 18.60; τοῖς πράγμασιν ..ἐπιστάντεσ Id. 4.12 ; ἐπιστάσ abs. (sc. τοῖς πράγμασι ), Id. 18.233; διὰ ταῦτ' ἐγρήγορεν, ἐφέστηκεν Id. 6.19 .
C. aor. 1 Med. in causal sense, set up , τὰς θύρασ X. Ages. 8.7 ; set, post , φρουροὺς ἐπεστησάμην Id. Cyr. 8.2.19 ; τέλος ἐπιστήσασθαι , Lat. finem imponere , Pl. Lg. 802a: pres. is once so used, τοῦ με τήνδ' ἐφίστασαι βάσιν ; why dost thou cause me to halt ? S. Tr. 339.
2. ἐπιστησάμενοσ , intr., having been ἐπιστάτησ , IGRom. 4.1265 (Thyatira ).William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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