ἐνίστημι

ἐνίστημι, causal in pres., fut.and aor. 1 Act., and aor. 1 Med.:—A. put, place in, ἵππον ἐν λίθοις ἐνιστάναι X. Eq.Mag. 1.16; στήλας ἐνίστη ἐς τὰς χώρας Hdt. 2.102; εἰς αὐτὴν (sc. τὴν πόλιν) ἡνίοχον ἐνστῆσαι Pl. Plt. 266e; τοὺς ἱπποκόμους εἰς (i.e. amongst) τοὺς ἱππέας ἐ. X. Eq.Mag. 5.6: c. dat., ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ A.R. 1.563. 2. in Law, institute an heir, ἐ. κληρονόμους τοὺς υἱούς PMasp. 151.75 (vi A. D.). 3. aor. 1 Med., also, begin, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἐνεστήσαντο Ar. Lys. 268; οὐδὲν πώποτε τῶν πραγμάτων ἐνεστήσασθʼ ὀρθῶς D. 10.21; ὁ τοιοῦτον ἀγῶνʼ ἐνστησάμενος Id. 18.4; ἐ. τὸ πρᾶγμα, Lat. rem instituere, Arist. Pr. 951a28; ἀρχὰς τῆς γενέσεως Thphr. HP 7.10.4; ὀργὴν καὶ μῖσος πρός τινα ἐνστήσασθαι to begin to show . ., Plb. 1.82.9; πρᾶξιν Plu. Arat. 16: c. inf., D.S. 14.53. 4. ἐνστήσασθαι τὸ μέγεθος determine the size, Ph. Bel. 50.29. B. Pass., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:—to be set in, stand in, λόχοις E. Supp. 896; ἐν τῷ νηῷ Hdt. 2.91: abs., πύλαι ἐνεστᾶσι ἑκατόν Id. 1.179, cf. Pl. Ti. 50d, etc. 2. enter upon, take possession of, ὁ νικάσας ἐν τὰν οὐσίαν ἐνίσταται τὰν τοῦ ἁλόντος Foed. Delph.Pell. 2B 14. II. to be appointed, σοῦ ἐνεστεῶτος βασιλέος Hdt. 1.120, cf. 6.59; ἐς ἀρχήν Id. 3.68; ἐς τυραννίδας Id. 2.147. III. to be upon, threaten, c. dat. pers., τοιούτων τοῖσι Σπαρτιήτῃσι ἐνεστεώτων πρηγμάτων Id. 1.83; τὸν πόλεμον τὸν ἐνστάντα σοὶ καὶ τῇ πόλει Isoc. 5.2; in war, press hard, τινί Plb. 3.97.1: abs., begin, [τοῦ θέρους] ἐνισταμένου Thphr. HP 9.8.2; ἐνισταμένου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ LXX 3 Ki. 12.24; to be at hand, arise, ὁ τότʼ ἐνστὰς πόλεμος D. 18.89, cf. 139, Plb. 1.71.4; τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς Φίλιππον ὑμῖν ἐνεστηκότος Aeschin. 2.58: esp. in pf. part., pending, present, μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης Ar. Nu. 779, cf. Is. 11.45, D. 33.14; ὁ νῦν ἐνεστηκὼς ἀγών Lycurg. 7; so οὐδενὸς ἡμῖν ἐνεστῶτος πρὸς αὐτούς PStrassb. 91.21 (i B.C.); of Time, instant, present, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνός Philipp. ap. D. 18.157; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα κακία, ἀνάγκη, PPetr. 2p.60, 1 Ep.Cor. 7.26; κατὰ τὸν ἐ. καιρόν Arist. Rh. 1366b23; ἀγαθὸν ἐνεστὼς ἢ μέλλον Stoic. 3.94; cf. ἐνεστάναι τὸν πάντα χρόνον ὡς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐνεστηκέναι λέγομεν Apollod.Stoic. 3.260. 2. esp. Gramm., ὁ ἐνεστὼς (sc. χρόνος) the present tense, Stoic. 2.48, D.T. 638.22, A.D. Pron. 58.7, al.; also ἐνεστῶσα συντέλεια the state of completion expressed by the perfect tense, Id. Synt. 205.15: also in aor., τοῦ ποτὲ ἐνστάντος when the moment has arrived, Plot. 4.3.13; τὰ ἐνεστηκότα πράγματα present circumstances, X. HG 2.1.6; so τὰ ἐνεστῶτα Plb. 2.26.3. IV. stand in the way, resist, block, τοῖς ποιουμένοις Th. 8.69; τῇ φυγῇ Plu. Luc. 13; τῇ αὐξήσει Id. Rom. 25; πρὸς πᾶσάν τινι πολιτείαν Id. Arist. 3, cf.Marc. 22: abs., stand in the way, Th. 3.23; in argument, ἐνέστηκεν ὃ νυνδὴ Κέβης ἔλεγε Pl. Phd. 77b; ὁ ἐνεστηκώς the opponent in a lawsuit, SIG 45.28 (Halic., v B.C.). 2. in Logic, object, τῷ καθόλου Arist. Top. 157b3; πρὸς τὸν ἔξω λόγον Id. APo. 76b26: abs., Id. Rh. 1402b24,al.; ἐ. ὅτι . . Id. APr. 69b6; ὡς . . Id. EN 1172b35, A.D. Synt. 176.23. 3. of the Roman tribunes, exercise the right of intercessio, veto, Plb. 6.16.4, Plu. TG 10,al. V. of fluids, congeal, freeze, ὕδωρ ἐνεστηκός Thphr. CP 5.13.1; become impacted in, ἐνιστάμενον ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ στομάχου στενά (sc. γάλα) Dsc. Alex. 26.