ἐφίστημι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἐπῐ́στημῐ (epístēmi) Ionic
  • ἐφιστάνω (ephistánō) late

Etymology

From ἐπί (epí, upon) + ῐ̔́στημῐ (hístēmi, to stand). Compare ἐπῐ́στᾰμαι (epístamai).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐφῐ́στημῐ • (ephístēmi)

  1. (transitive, active voice of present, imperfect, future, and 1st aorist tenses)
    1. to set or place upon
    2. to set over
    3. to set up, establish, institute
    4. to set by or near to
    5. to stop, halt
    6. to fix one's mind upon, attend to
      1. (with accusative of person) to arrest the attention of
  2. (intransitive, middle and passive voice, active voice of perfect, pluperfect, and 2nd aorist)
    1. to stand upon
      1. to be imposed upon
      2. to stand on the top or surface
    2. to be set over
    3. to stand by or near
      1. (in a hostile sense) to stand against
      2. (figuratively, of events) to impend, be at hand
    4. to halt, stop
    5. to fix one's mind on, give one's attention to

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓νεπῐ́στᾰτος (anepístatos)
  • ἀντεφῐ́στημῐ (antephístēmi)
  • κᾰτεφῐ́στᾰμαι (katephístamai)
  • προεφῐ́στημῐ (proephístēmi)
  • σῠνεφῐ́στημῐ (sunephístēmi)
  • ἐπῐστᾰδόν (epistadón)
  • ἐπῐ́στᾰμαι (epístamai)
  • ἐπῐστᾰσίᾱ (epistasíā)
  • ἐπῐστᾰσιάζω (epistasiázō)
  • ἐπῐστᾰ́σῐον (epistásion)
  • ἐπῐστᾰ́σῐος (epistásios)
  • ἐπῐ́στᾰσῐς (epístasis)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτέον (epistatéon)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτεύω (epistateúō)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτέω (epistatéō)
  • ἐπῐστᾰ́τη (epistátē)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτήρ (epistatḗr)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτήρῐος (epistatḗrios)
  • ἐπῐστᾰ́της (epistátēs)
  • ἐπῐστᾰτῐκός (epistatikós)
  • ἐπῐ́στᾰτον (epístaton)
  • ἐπῐ́στημᾰ (epístēma)
  • ἐπῐστηρίζω (epistērízō)

References

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