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ἔνστασις

enstasis

origin, beginning

Appears 74 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔνστασις, εως, ἡ, (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. CD 2.3. 2. impaction, obstruction, ὄγκων Asclep. ap. Gal. 10.101, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 5.30.5, etc.: generally, interference, ὀνύχων Iamb. Protr. 21.ιθʼ. 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, IG 12(5).509.4 (Seriphos, iii/ii B. C.). IV. (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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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