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στασιάζω

στασιάζω, to rebel, revolt, rise in rebellion

στᾰσι-άζω, fut. -άσω Hdt. 8.3: (στάσις B. III):
    • I intr., to be at variance, τινι with one, X. An. 2.5.28, etc.; πρός τινα ib. 6.1.29, Pl. R. 545d, etc.
      • 2 in the Greek states, form a party or faction, be at odds (defined by Arist. as happening ὅταν ἑκάτερος ἑαυτὸν [ἄρχειν] βούληται, EN 1167a34), Hdt. 1.59, 7.2, al., Cratin. 54; ἀλλήλοις X. Mem. 2.6.17; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι Hdt. 1.60; περὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίης Id. 8.3; ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας Lys. 2.61; πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου And. 2.26: generally, quarrel, τοῖσι ἑωυτοῦ ἀδελφεοῖσι Hdt. 4.160; τάξιος εἵνεκα Id. 9.27; διά τι Pl. R. 464e; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ib. 465b; τοῖς ἐχθροῖσι μεθʼ ἡμῶν σ. side with us against them, Ar. Eq. 590; σ. κατ· ἀλλήλους περί τινος Th. 4.84; πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Pl. R. 488b, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.220 S.
      • 3 of the states themselves, to be distracted by factions and party strife, Ar. Av. 1014, Th. 4.1, 66, Pl. Ep. 336e, etc.
      • 4 generally, to be in a state of discord, disagree, περί τινος Id. Euthphr. 8d, al.
      • 5 σῶμα σ. αὐτὸ αὑτῷ Id. R. 556e, cf. 352a; ἡ ψυχὴ σ. ib. 586e, Arist. EN 1166b19.
    • II trans., revolutionize, throw into confusion, τὴν πόλιν Lys. 18.18; τὰ πράγματα D. 11.18; οἴκους Anon. ap. Stob. 4.31.84; τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν Philostr. VA 6.38:—Pass., in signf. I.3, διὰ τὸ τὰ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ στασιάζεσθαι D.C. 40.32; τὸ ἐστασιασμένον S.E. M. 7.346.—This trans. sense is expressed by στασιάζειν ποιῶ in Isoc. 4.134.

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