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Ἐκστῆναι · to stand aside (ε 624) · Suda

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Near ε624

ε620scribe
ε621out of a treaty, contrary to a treaty
ε622distraction, displacement, standing-aside
ε623distraction
ε624to stand aside
ε625military expedition, sortie
ε626turn inside out
ε627by agreement
ε628I throw out from a sling

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε624

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Ἐκστῆναι

to stand aside

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] to give way.¹ "[His advice was] to stand aside from the wretchedness of the lesser folk in favor of others."²
And elsewhere: "[that] Mithridates [...] was to yield Bithynia↗ to Nikomedes."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκστῆναι· παραχωρῆσαι. τῆς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἥττοσι ταλαιπωρίας ἑτέροις ἐκστῆναι. καὶ αὖθις· Μιθριδάτην ἐκστῆναι Βιθυνίας Νικομήδει.

Betacode

*)eksth=nai: paraxwrh=sai. th=s e)pi\ toi=s h(/ttosi talaipwri/as e(te/rois e)ksth=nai. kai\ au)=qis: *miqrida/thn e)ksth=nai *biquni/as *nikomh/dei.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword, illustrated by both of the quotations given, is (intransitive) aorist active infinitive of e)ci/sthmi; cf. epsilon 1661, epsilon 1770, epsilon 1771, epsilon 1772.
2Quotation not identified by Adler, but a TLG search reveals it to be Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 3.68. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIII. ↩
3Adler's note reads 'Plut. vid. Cass D. 1 p.CVIII'. More simply, it is Plutarch, Sulla 22.2.

Linked from3 entries

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.
ε1773Ἐξίστησινchanges, amazes[Meaning he/she/it] confounds. "Neither fear confounds them nor expenses nor effort."

Neighbouring entries

ε622Ἔκστασιςdistraction, displacement, standing-aside ε623Ἔκστασιςdistraction ε624Ἐκστῆναιto stand aside ε625Ἐκστρατείαmilitary expedition, sortie ε626Ἔκστρεψονturn inside out

Revision history6 revisions · last 9 Aug 2012

9 Aug 2012coding — Catharine Roth
9 Aug 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2011expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2011augmented and modified notes — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2007reduced cross-references — Catharine Roth
19 Jan 2006tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
19 Jan 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκστῆναι (Adler number epsilon 624), trans. Catharine Roth, 19 Jan 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/624

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