ἐξίστημι

ἐξίστημι, A. causal in pres., impf., fut., aor. 1:—displace: hence, change, alter utterly, τὰν φύσιν Ti.Locr. 100c, Arist. EN 1119a23, cf. Plot. 6.2.7; τὴν πολιτείαν Plu. Cic. 10; ἐ. τῆς ποιότητος τὸν οἶνον Id. 2.702a. 2. metaph., ἐξιστάναι τινὰ φρενῶν drive one out of his senses, E. Ba. 850; νοῦ οἶνος ἐξέστησέ με E. Fr. 265; τοῦ φρονεῖν X. Mem. 1.3.12; ταῦτα κινεῖ, ταῦτα ἐξίστησιν ἀνθρώπους αὑτῶν D. 21.72; simply ἐ. τινά drive one out of his senses, confound, amaze, Hp. Coac. 429; ἐξιστάντα καὶ φοβοῦντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Muson. Fr. 8p.35H.; ἐξίστησι diverts the attention, Arist. Rh. 1408b23; excite, ib. 36, Ev.Luc. 24.22; τὸν λογισμόν, τὴν διάνοιαν, Plu. Sol. 21, Crass. 23; also ἐ. τινὰ τῶν λογισμῶν Id. Fab. 5; εἰς ἀπάθειαν ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν Id. Publ. 6. 3. get rid of, dispose of the claims of a person, Sammelb. 5246.14(i B.C.), etc. 4. ἐξεστᾰκότα (ἐξεστηκότα cod.): εἰς δίκην κεκληκότα, Hsch. B. intr. in Pass. and Med., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.: 1. of Place, arise out of, become separated, ἐξ . . ἵστατο Νεῖκος Emp. 36, cf. 35.10; stand aside from, ἐκστάντες τῆς ὁδοῦ out of the way, Hdt. 3.76; ἐκ τοῦ μέσου X. An. 1.5.14; θάκων καὶ ὁδῶν ἐ. [τινί] stand out of the way for him, make way for him, Id. Smp. 4.31; ἐκστῆναί τινι S. Ph. 1053, Aj. 672, Ar. Ra. 354, etc.: abs., in same sense, E. IT 1229 (troch.), Ar. Ach. 617, etc.: metaph., ἐξ ἕδρας σοι πλόκαμος ἐξέστηχʼ is displaced, disordered, E. Ba. 928; οὐδὲ μένει νοῦς . . ἀλλʼ ἐξίσταται S. Ant. 564. 2. c. acc., shrink from, shun, νιν οὐκ ἂν ἐξέστην ὄκνῳ Id. Aj. 82; οὐδένʼ ἐξίσταμαι D. 18.319; οὐδένα πώποτε κίνδυνον ἐξέστησαν Id. 20.10. 3. go out of joint, ἐ. ἰσχίον Hp. Aph. 6.59, cf. Fract. 14,6. II. c. gen. rei, retire from, give up possession of, τῆς ἀρχῆς Th. 2.63, 4.28; ἐκστῆναι τῆς οὐσίας, ἁπάντων τῶν ὄντων, become bankrupt, Antipho 2.2.9, D. 36.50; τῶν ὑπαρχόντων BGU 473.11 (ii A. D.). 2. cease from, abandon, τῆς φιλίας, τῶν μαθημάτων, Lys. 8.18, X. Cyr. 3.3.54; τῶν σπουδασμάτων Pl. Phdr. 249c, etc.; οἱ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἐξεστηκότες Isoc. 4.171; τῆς ὑποθέσεως D. 10.46; τῶν πεπραγμένων, i.e. disown them, Id. 19.72; ἐ. τινὸς εἴς τι Pl. Lg. 907d; also ἐ. ἄθλου τινί, στρατηγίας τινί, abandon it in his favour, Nic.Dam. 73J., Plu. Nic. 7; τῆς Σικελίας τινι Id. Pomp. 10. 3. ἐκστῆναι πατρός lose oneʼs father, give him up, Ar. V. 477; καρδίας ἐξίσταμαι τὸ δρᾶν I depart from my heartʼs purpose, S. Ant. 1105; esp. φρενῶν ἐκστῆναι lose oneʼs senses. E. Or. 1021, etc.; διὰ τὸ γῆρας τοῦ φρονεῖν Isoc. 5.18; ἐμαυτοῦ Aeschin. 2.4, Men. Sam. 276; ψυχὴ ἐξεστηκυῖα τῶν λογισμῶν Plb. 32.15.8: abs., to be out of oneʼs wits, be distraught, ἐ. μελαγχολικῶς Hp. Prorrh. 1.18, cf. Men. Sam. 64, etc.; ἐξέστην ἰδών Philippid. 27; ἐ. ὑπὸ γήρως Com.Adesp. 860; ταῖς διανοίαις Vett. Val.70.25; ἐξίστασθαι καὶ μαίνεσθαι πρὸς τὴν ὀσμήν Arist. HA 577a12; of anger, εὐθέως ἐξστησόμενος Phld. Ir.p.78 W.; to be astonished, amazed, Ev.Matt. 12.23, Ev.Marc. 2.12, etc.; lose consciousness, of Sisera, LXXJd. 4.21. 4. ἐξίστασθαι τῆς αὑτοῦ ἰδέας depart from, degenerate from oneʼs own nature, Pl. R. 380d; ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως Arist. HA 488b19; [δημοκρατία] ἐξεστηκυῖα τῆς βελτίστης τάξεως Id. Pol. 1309b32; αἱ δημοκρατίαι ἐ. εἰς τὰς ἐναντίας πολιτείας degenerate into . ., ib.1306b18, cf. Rh. 1390b28: abs., ἐ. μὴ μεταφυτευόμενον Thphr. HP 6.7.6, etc., cf. Plu. 2.649e; χυμὸς ἐξιστάμενος changing its properties, turning, Hp. VM 24; οἶνος ἐξεστηκώς or ἐξιστάμενος changed, sour wine, D. 35.32, Thphr. CP 6.7.5; πρόσωπα ἐξεστηκότα disfigured faces, X. Cyr. 5.2.34. 5. abs., change oneʼs position, oneʼs opinion, ἐγὼ μὲν ὁ αὐτός εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἐξίσταμαι Th. 2.61: opp. ἐμμένειν τῇ δόξῃ, Arist. EN 1151b4. 6. of language, to be removed from common usage, Id. Rh. 1404b13. III. stand out, project, ἐξεστηκός convex, opp. κοῖλον, Id. HA 493b4.