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Ἔνστασις · establishment, inauguration; obstruction (ε 1440) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε1440

ε1436hardened
ε1437I hurl (something) at
ε1438to dance in the dark
ε1439treaty-bound
ε1440establishment, inauguration; obstruction
ε1441adversary, opponent
ε1442controversy-loving
ε1443having embraced
ε1444bits, curbs

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1440

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Ἔνστασις

establishment, inauguration; obstruction

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Feb 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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2 notes · 40 words

Translation

"In accordance with the establishment of life chosen from the beginning." That is ...¹
"And [they] examining every obstruction of a bush and every outcropping of rock."² So by e)/nstasis he means the thick and dense outgrowth of the bushes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔνστασις. κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς αἱρεθεῖσαν ἔνστασιν τῆς ζωῆς. τουτέστιν .... καὶ πᾶσαν ἔνστασιν θάμνου καὶ πᾶσαν πέτρας προσβολὴν διερευνησάμενοι. ἔνστασιν οὖν τὴν συνηρεφῆ ἔκφυσιν καὶ πυκνὴν τῶν θάμνων λέγει.

Betacode

*)/enstasis. kata\ th\n e)c a)rxh=s ai(reqei=san e)/nstasin th=s zwh=s. toute/stin .... kai\ pa=san e)/nstasin qa/mnou kai\ pa=san pe/tras prosbolh\n diereunhsa/menoi. e)/nstasin ou)=n th\n sunhrefh= e)/kfusin kai\ puknh\n tw=n qa/mnwn le/gei.

Notes (2)

The headword, nominative singular of this feminine noun, is presumably generated by the first quotation given.
1Damascius fr. 67 Zintzen (29 Asmus, 156 Athanassiadi). For e)/nstasis of life, see LSJ s.v. I.2. ↩
2This quotation and the gloss on it are lacking, Adler reports, in mss TFV. The quotation itself is unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.)

Linked from1 entry

ε1442Ἐνστατικόςcontroversy-loving"Being controversy-loving, Isidore remained invincible." Meaning making an objection against someone.

Neighbouring entries

ε1438Ἐν σκότῳ ὀρχεῖσθαιto dance in the dark ε1439Ἔνσπονδοςtreaty-bound ε1440Ἔνστασιςestablishment, inauguration; obstruction ε1441Ἐνστάτηςadversary, opponent ε1442Ἐνστατικόςcontroversy-loving

Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Jan 2016

13 Jan 2016cosmetics; more keywords — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2012augmented notes — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2003cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔνστασις (Adler number epsilon 1440), trans. Catharine Roth, 13 Feb 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1440

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗