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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *státis, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (whence also Latin statiō, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “place”), and Old English stede (English stead)), from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Equivalent to ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) + -σῐς (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stá.sis/ → /ˈsta.sis/ → /ˈsta.sis/
Noun
στᾰ́σῐς • (stásis) f (genitive στᾰ́σεως or στᾰ́σῐος); third declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
- a standing, placing, setting
- standing stone, pillar
- erection (of a building), building
- weighing
- (figurative) standing, stature
- position, posture, station
- stable, stall
- compass position
- posture of a boxer
- (figurative) position of a litigant
- position or opinion of a philosopher
- state, condition
- party, company, band
- party formed for sedition, faction
- sedition, discord
- division, dissent
- statute, decree
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Descendants
References
- “στάσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στάσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4714 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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