καθίστημι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κᾰθιστάνω (kathistánō)

Etymology

From κατα- (kata-, down) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κᾰθῐ́στημῐ • (kathístēmi)

  1. (transitive, active voice of present, imperfect, future, and 1st aorist tenses)
    1. to set down, stop, bring to land
      1. to bring down to a place
      2. to bring before a magistrate or king
    2. to set in order
      1. to ordain, appoint
        1. (especially of political constitutions) to settle, establish
      2. to bring into a certain state
      3. (with double accusative) to make or render so
      4. to make, continue
  2. (intransitive, middle and passive voices, active voice of perfect, pluperfect, and 2nd aorist tenses)
    1. to be set, to set oneself down, settle
      1. to come before another, stand in their presence
      2. to be set as guard, to be appointed
      3. (in a physical sense) to settle, deposit a sediment
      4. to stand quiet or calm
      5. to be established or instituted
      6. (of purchases) to cost
      7. to stand against, oppose

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀντῐκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (antikathístēmi)
  • δῠσκᾰτᾰ́στᾰτος (duskatástatos)
  • ἐγκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (enkathístēmi)
  • ἐπῐκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (epikathístēmi)
  • εὐκᾰτᾰ́στᾰτος (eukatástatos)
  • νεοκᾰτᾰ́στᾰτος (neokatástatos)
  • περικᾰθῐ́στᾰμαι (perikathístamai)
  • προκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (prokathístēmi)
  • προσκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (proskathístēmi)
  • πᾰρᾰκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (parakathístēmi)
  • σῠγκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (sunkathístēmi)
  • ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́στᾰτος (akatástatos)
  • ᾰ̓ποκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (apokathístēmi)
  • ῠ̔περκᾰθῐ́στημῐ (huperkathístēmi)
  • ῠ̔ποκᾰθῐ́στᾰμαι (hupokathístamai)
  • ῠ̔ποκᾰτᾰ́στᾰτος (hupokatástatos)
  • κᾰτᾰ́στημᾰ (katástēma)
  • κᾰτᾰστᾰσιάζω (katastasiázō)
  • κᾰτᾰ́στᾰσῐς (katástasis)
  • κᾰτᾰστᾰτέον (katastatéon)
  • κᾰτᾰστᾰ́της (katastátēs)
  • κᾰτᾰστᾰτόν (katastatón)
  • κᾰτᾰστᾰτῐκός (katastatikós)

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