ἄστατος

A. never standing still, unresting, τὸ κύκλῳ σῶμα Arist. Metaph. 1073a31; ἄ. τροχός Mesom. Nem. 7. Adv. ‐τως, φορεῖθαι Ph. 1.181, cf. Vett.Val. 27.1.

2. unsteady, unstable, τύχη Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U., cf. Phld. Rh. 1.166S. (Sup.), Ph. 1.230, al., Diog.Oen. 18, Diogenian.Epicur. 2.60, Plu. 2.103f; of persons, ἄ. τὴν διάνοιαν Onos. 3.3; ἄ. αἰών IG 7.2543; θνητῶν βίος Epigr.Gr. 699, cf. Ph. 1.651; of a house, ruinous, PLond.ined. 2194.

3. uncertain, θεωρία Plb. 6.57.2.

4. Act., making it impossible to stand, πόνος, πάθος, Luc. Ocyp. 36,71.

II. unweighed, IG 1.32, al., Nic. Th. 602.