Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἀποκαθίστημι

ἀποκαθίστημι

apokathistemi

re-establish, restore, reinstate

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκαθίστημι, fut. -καταστήσω: aor. ἀποκατέστησα, later ἀπεκατέστησα PTeb. 413.4 (ii/iii A.D.): pf. -καθέστᾰκα Plb. 21.11.9, SIG 798.7 (i A.D.):—Α. re-establish, restore, reinstate, X. Lac. 6.3; τὰν πολιτείαν Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.90; πολίτας Plu. Alex. 7; συνθήκας εἰς τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς D.H. 3.23; ἀ. τινί τι restore, return it to one, Plb. 3.98.7, D.S. 18.65, etc.; ἀ. εἰς αὐτάν (sc. φύσιν) Ti.Locr. 100c, cf. Arist. MM 1204b37; εἰς τὸ αὐτό Id. Metaph. 1074a3; εἰς ἀκέραιον, = restituere in integrum, CIL 1.203; τινὰ ἐς οἶκον Plb. 8.27.6, cf. Thphr. Char. 7.6; ἀ. σαυτὸν εἰς ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον carry yourself back . ., Plu. 2.610d; ἐπί . . D.S. 5.23; cure, δασυσμοὺς φωνῆς Dsc. 1.64, etc. 2. pay what is due, ἀργύριον LXX Ge. 23.16. 3. hand over, deliver, τοῖς φυλακίταις τὸ σῶμα PSI 4.359.9 (iii B. C.). 4. in drill, restore a formation, etc., εἰς ὀρθὸν ἀ., = εἰς ὀρθὸν ἀποδοῦναι, Ael. Tact. 26.3 (cf. ἀποδίδωμι 11.3); ἀποκατάστησον as you were! Ascl. Tact. 12.11, etc. II. Pass., with pf. ἀποκαθέστᾰμαι, aor. ἀποκατεστάθην [ᾰ]: also aor. 2 Act. -κατέστην:—to be restored, Arist. Cat. 9b25, al.; τῷ θεῷ SIG 459.7 (Beroea, iii B.C.); return from captivity, Vett. Val.68.24; μέχρι τοῦ τὰ πράγματʼ ἀποκαταστῆναι till affairs are settled, Wilcken Chr. 10 (ii B.C.); ἀ. εἰς τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κατάστασιν return, settle down into . ., Plb. 25.1.1, cf. 2.41.14, Porph. Antr. 34; of planets, complete a revolution, Cleom. 2.7, al.; of the periodic return of the cosmic cycle, Stoic. 2.190; of stars, return to their place in the heavens, Phlp. in Mete. 112.21; of a revolving figure, return to the original situation, Archim. Con. Praef.; of sicknesses, subside, Hp. Aph. 6.49; ἀ. εἴς τι turn out so and so, Thphr. HP 4.14.5; of sediment, settle, Dsc. 5.89; of a spring, recoil, Ph. Bel. 70.46, cf. 71.2. 2. to be detached from the mainland, of an island, Anon. Vat.40.

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