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ἀποκατάστασις

ἀποκατάστασις, restoration, re-establishment

ἀποκατά-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
  • restoration, re-establishment, τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς Arist. MM 1205a4; εἰς φύσιν ib. 1204b36, 1205b11; return to a position, Epicur. Ep. 1 p.8 U.; esp. of military formations, reversal of a movement, Ascl. Tact. 10.6, etc.; generally, πάντων Act.Ap. 3.21; of the soul, Procl. Inst. 199 (pl.); τῆς φύσιος ἐς τὸ ἀρχαῖον Aret. CD 1.5; recovery from sickness, Id. SA 1.10; τῶν ὁμήρων εἰς τὰς πατρίδας Plb. 3.99.6; εἰς ἀ. ἐλθεῖν, of the affairs of a city, Id. 4.23.1; return to original position, Ascl. Tact. 10.1; ἀ. ἄστρων return of the stars to the same place in the heavens as in the former year, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.937f, D.S. 12.36, etc.; periodic return of the cosmic cycle, Stoic. 2.184,190; of a planet, return to a place in the heavens occupied at a former epoch, Antioch.Astr. ap. Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.120,121; but, zodiacal revolution, Paul.Al. T. 1; opp. ἀνταπ. (q. v.), Doroth. ap. Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.196.9; restoration of sun and moon after eclipse, Pl. Ax. 370b.

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