ἀπόστασις

ἀπό-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] ἀφίστημι)

A causing to revolt,

συμμάχων Th.1.122

;

Ἰώνων ἀπὸ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων συμμαχίας Arist.Ath.23.4

.

B ([etym.] ἀφίσταμαι) emanation,

εἰδώλων -σεις Epicur.Fr.320

.

2 slackness, of bandages, Gal.18(2).806.

3 defection, revolt,

ἀπό τινος Hdt.3.128

;

τὴν Κυπρίων ἀ. πρῆξαι Id.5.113

;

τὴν Αἰγύπτου ἀ. παρασκευάζεσθαι Id.7.4

;

ἀ. ἐκ τῆς ξυμμαχίας Th.5.81

;

ἀ. πρός τινα Id.1.75

;

διπλῆν ἀ. ἀποστήσεσθαι Id.3.13

; ἀ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων, for ἀπὸ τ. Ἀ., Id.8.5; but τὰς

Μεσσηνίων ἀ. Pl.Lg.777c

.

4 departure from,

βίου E.Hipp. 277

; separation of effect from cause, Procl.Inst.35; giving up, cession,

ἀ. τῶν κτημάτων D.19.146

; desisting from, disuse of,

φάσεως S.E.P.1.192

;

τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων Arr.Epict.4.4.39

.

5 distance,

ἁ ἀφ' ἡμῶν ἀ. Archyt.1

;

ἀφεστάναι τῇ αὐτῇ ἀ. ᾗπερ . . Pl.Phd.111b

;

ἀπόστασιν ὅσην ἀφεστηκὼς γίγνεται Id.R.587d

,cf.546b;

ἐκ μικρᾶς ἀ. Arist.Aud.800b7

;

τῇ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀ. Id.HA503a21

; ἐκ τῶν ἀ. according to their distances, Id.Cael.290b22; of time,

κατὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ νῦν ἀ. Id.Ph.223a5

; ἐξ ἀποστάσεως at a certain distance, Plb.3.114.3;

ἐν ἀποστάσει Id.3.113.4

, Phld.Herc.19.25;

κατ' ἀποστάσεις Hanno Peripl.13

.

6 Rhet., employment of detached phrases, Hermog.Id.1.10, Aristid.Rh.1p.462S., Philostr.VS1.9.1(pl.), Ep.73.

7 lapse, declension, Plot. 1.8.7,5.1.1.

II place where something is put away, repository, storehouse, Str.17.1.9, Philippid.14, Heraclid.Pol.72.

III Medic.,suppurative inflammation, throwing off the peccant humours left by fever, etc., Hp.Epid.3.4(pl.), Aret.SD1.9, Aristid.Or.47(23).68.

2 of diseases, transition from one to another, Hp.Epid.1.6; στραγγουριώδης ἀ. ib.3.1ά.

3 lesion of continuity, Gal.18(2).820.

4 degree of heat, cold, etc., Id.11.561, al.