Καθεστάναι

to set down

Translated by Konstantinos Kopanias14 Nov 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καθεστάναι.

Betacode

*kaqesta/nai.

Notes

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss GVM.
The headword, evidently extracted from somewhere, is the perfect active infinitive of the verb kaqi/sthmi (for which see also kappa 54, kappa 113, kappa 114, kappa 115).

Linked from5 entries

κ54Καθεσταμένοςhaving been appointed[Meaning he] having had [something] entrusted. "Having been appointed to the treasury." [Meaning he] having been assigned. And elsewhere: "and he did not deem [himself] worthy to preserve any of the established things."…
κ55Καθεστηκόςestablished"Altogether a hurricane had broken out, so that what was established differed in no way from night."
κ56Καθεστώςestablished[no gloss]
κ58Καθεστῶτιestablished[Meaning] quiet, unconfused. "But the hopes of both [sc. Leutharis and Boutilinos] had been raised, and it was no longer possible for them to keep on living in the established way."
κ59Καθεστώτωνof the established[Meaning] of the defined laws. "For they took delight in the change of the established [laws]". [Meaning the] safeguarded [ones].

Neighbouring entries

κ51Καθέξειwill hold fast κ52Κάθεςlet down!, send down!κ53Καθεστάναιto set down κ54Καθεσταμένοςhaving been appointed κ55Καθεστηκόςestablished

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Jan 2013

21 Jan 2013another note — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2005removed a keyword — David Whitehead
14 Nov 2005cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
14 Nov 2005Translated — Konstantinos Kopanias