- ἔνστασις
- ἔν-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] ἐνίσταμαι)A origin, beginning,
τῶν ὅλων πραγμάτων Aeschin.2.20
;τοῦ πολέμου Plb.4.62.3
;πραγμάτων Ph.2.75
; institution of legal proceedings,τὴν ὅλην ἔ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος Aeschin.1.132
.2 ἔ. βίου a way of life, D.L.6.103, cf. Jul.Or.6.201a.3 institution of an heir, Cod.Just.1.2.25 Intr., PMasp.151.274 (vi A. D.); inheritance, ib.312.55 (vi A. D.).II in Medic., lodgement,λίθων Aret.CD2.3
.2 impaction, obstruction,ὄγκων Asclep.
ap. Gal.10.101, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.30.5, etc.: generally, interference,ὀνύχων Iamb.Protr.21
.ιθ'.III in Logic, objection to an argument,ἔ. πρότασις προτάσει ἐναντία Arist.APr.69a37
, cf. Top.157a35, Rh.1402a31, Hermog.Inv.3.6, etc.2 generally, opposition, Plb.6.17.8 (pl.), Ph.2.60.3 prosecution,ἐν μολποῖς SIG 633.66
(Milet., ii B. C.).4 χαλεπὴ ἔ. difficult situation, IG12(5).509.4 (Seriphos, iii/ii B. C.).IV ([etym.] ἐνίστημι) winding up an engine, Ph.Bel.61.21, 57.41 (nisi leg. ἔντασις).V impact, interference of an object of vision, Placit.4.13.2, Plot.4.5.2.
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