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 21.11.9, SIG 798.7 (i A.D.):—Α. re-establish, restore, reinstate, Lac. 6.3; τὰν πολιτείαν Decr.Byz. ap. 18.90; πολίτας Alex. 7; συνθήκας εἰς τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς 3.23; ἀ. τινί τι restore, return it to one, 3.98.7, 18.65, etc.; ἀ. εἰς αὐτάν (sc. φύσιν) 100c, cf. MM 1204b37; εἰς τὸ αὐτό Metaph. 1074a3; εἰς ἀκέραιον, = restituere in integrum, CIL 1.203; τινὰ ἐς οἶκον 8.27.6, cf. Char. 7.6; ἀ. σαυτὸν εἰς ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον carry yourself back . ., 2.610d; ἐπί . . 5.23; cure, δασυσμοὺς φωνῆς 1.64, etc. 2. pay what is due, ἀργύριον 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, Tact. 26.3 (cf. ἀποδίδωμι 11.3); ἀποκατάστησον as you were! Tact. 12.11, etc. II. Pass., with pf. ἀποκαθέστᾰμαι, aor. ἀποκατεστάθην [ᾰ]: also aor. 2 Act. -κατέστην:—to be restored, 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 . ., 25.1.1, cf. 2.41.14, Antr. 34; of planets, complete a revolution, 2.7, al.; of the periodic return of the cosmic cycle, Stoic. 2.190; of stars, return to their place in the heavens, in Mete. 112.21; of a revolving figure, return to the original situation, Con. Praef.; of sicknesses, subside, Aph. 6.49; ἀ. εἴς τι turn out so and so, HP 4.14.5; of sediment, settle, 5.89; of a spring, recoil, Bel. 70.46, cf. 71.2. 2. to be detached from the mainland, of an island, Vat.40.
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