Ἐξίσταμαι
I stand aside from, I abandon
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Used] with a genitive.1 Also [sc. attested is the participle] e)cista/menos ["standing aside from"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐξίσταμαι· γενικῇ. καὶ ἐξιστάμενος.
Betacode
*)eci/stamai: genikh=|. kai\ e)cista/menos.
Notes (1)
- Present middle-passive of↩
e)ci/sthmi , first person singular, and masculine nominative singular participle; cf. epsilon 1771, epsilon 1772, epsilon 1773.- 1Likewise or similarly in syntactical lexica.
Linked from5 entries
- ε624Ἐκστῆναιto stand aside[Meaning] to give way. "[His advice was] to stand aside from the wretchedness of the lesser folk in favor of others." And elsewhere: "[that] Mithridates [...] was to yield Bithynia to Nikomedes."
- ε1661Ἐξέστησανthey stood aside[Meaning] they withdrew. "The barbarians stood aside for them because they were stronger."
- ε1771Ἐξιστάμενοςmaking way [for]Meaning [he] yielding [to]. "So Marcellus was in control of affairs, yielding to Julian only the name and dress, but keeping the truer authority in his own hands." [The term] is also applied to [someone] astounded.
- ε1772Ἐξίστασθαιto make way, to stand apart[Meaning] to separate oneself. "He commanded those who were complicit in the revolt to stand apart, and he shot them down." "[You] must keep holy silence and stand aside for our choruses" -- ['stand aside'] meaning give…
- ε1773Ἐξίστησινchanges, amazes[Meaning he/she/it] confounds. "Neither fear confounds them nor expenses nor effort."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Jan 2016
- tweaked and augmented notes — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth