καθίστημι
A. in Causal sense; of Act., pres., imperf., fut.; of Mid., the aor1, and sometimes pres.:— "to set down, place", Il.; νῆα κατάστησον "stop" it, "bring" it "to land", Od.; κ. δίφρον "to station" it, before starting for the race, Soph.:—Mid., [λαῖφος] κατεστήσαντο "steadied" the sails, Hhymn.
2. "to bring down" to a place, Od., etc.:— "to restore", ἐς φῶς σὸν κατ. βίον Eur.:—Pass., οὐκ ἂν χάρις καθίσταιτο "would" not "be returned", Thuc.
3. "to bring before" a magistrate or king, Hdt.
II. of soldiers, "to set in order, to set" as guards, Xen.
2. "to ordain, appoint", Hdt., etc.:—in aor1 mid. "to appoint for oneself, establish, institute", Hdt., Aesch.
b. esp. of political constitutions, "to settle, establish", νόμους Eur., etc.; κατ. πολιτείαν, Lat. constituere rempublicam, Plat., etc.:— so in Mid., φρούρημα γῆς καθίσταμαι Aesch.; καθίστατο τὰ περὶ τὴν Μιτυλήνην Thuc.
3. "to bring into a certain state", κατ. δῆμον ἐς μοναρχίαν Eur.; κ. τινὰ ἐς ἀπόνοιαν, ἐς φόβον, ἐς ἀπορίαν Thuc.; so, κ. τοὺς φίλους ἐν ἀκινδύνῳ Xen.:—also, κ. ἑαυτὸν ἐς κρίσιν "to present" himself for trial, Thuc.
4. "to make or render so and so", κ. τινα ψευδῆ Soph.; ἄπιστον Thuc.:—rarely c. inf., καθ. τινὰ φεύγειν "to make" him fly, id=Thuc.:—Mid., τὴν ναυμαχίαν πεζομαχίαν καθίστασθαι id=Thuc.
5. τὴν ζόην καταστήσασθαι ἀπ᾽ ἔργων ἀνοσιωτάτων "to get one's" living by most unhallowed deeds, Hdt.
6. "to make, continue", Aesch.; so in Mid., id=Aesch.
B. intr. in aor2, perf., and plup. of Act. (also in fut. καθεστήξω), and in all tenses of Mid. (except aor. 1), and all of Pass.:— "to be set, set oneself down, settle, arrive", ἐς τόπον Hdt., Soph.
b. "to come before" another, "stand in" his "presence", Hdt.; καταστὰς ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἔλεγε Thuc.
2. "to be set" as guard, Hdt., etc.: "to be appointed", Eur., etc.
3. "to stand quiet, be calm", of water, Ar.; so, πνεῦμα καθεστηκός id=Ar.; ὁ θόρυβος κατέστη "abated", Hdt.; so, of persons, καταστάς "composedly", Aesch.; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡλικία "middle" age, Thuc.
4. in perf. "to come into a certain state, to become", and in aor2 and plup. "to be", Hdt., etc.; καταστάντων εὖ τῶν πρηγμάτων "being" in a good state, id=Hdt.; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατε; in what case "are ye?" Soph.; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (sc. τοῦ πολέμου) from its first commencement, Thuc.
5. "to be established or instituted, to prevail, exist", Hdt., etc.: in perf. part., "existing, established, prevailing", τὸν νῦν κατεστεῶτα κόσμον id=Hdt.; οἱ καθεστῶτες νόμοι Soph.; τὰ καθεστῶτα "the present state of life", id=Soph.; so, τὰ κατεστεῶτα, "existing laws, customs", Hdt.
6. Pass. "to stand against, oppose", Τιτήνεσσι κατέσταθεν Hes.