ἐξίστημι

A. causal in pres., impf., fut., aor. 1:—displace: hence, change, alter utterly, τὰν φύσιν Ti.Locr. 100c, Arist. EN 1119a23, cf. Plot. 6.2.7; τὴν πολιτείαν Plu. Cic. 10; ἐ. τῆς ποιότητος τὸν οἶνον Id. 2.702a.

2. metaph., ἐξιστάναι τινὰ φρενῶν drive one out of his senses, E. Ba. 850; νοῦ οἶνος ἐξέστησέ με E. Fr. 265; τοῦ φρονεῖν X. Mem. 1.3.12; ταῦτα κινεῖ, ταῦτα ἐξίστησιν ἀνθρώπους αὑτῶν D. 21.72; simply ἐ. τινά drive one out of his senses, confound, amaze, Hp. Coac. 429; ἐξιστάντα καὶ φοβοῦντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Muson. Fr. 8p.35H.; ἐξίστησι diverts the attention, Arist. Rh. 1408b23; excite, ib. 36, Ev.Luc. 24.22; τὸν λογισμόν, τὴν διάνοιαν, Plu. Sol. 21, Crass. 23; also ἐ. τινὰ τῶν λογισμῶν Id. Fab. 5; εἰς ἀπάθειαν ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν Id. Publ. 6.

3. get rid of, dispose of the claims of a person, Sammelb. 5246.14 (i B.C.), etc.

4. ἐξεστακότα(ἐξεστηκότα cod.): εἰς δίκην κεκληκότα, Hsch.

B. intr. in Pass. and Med., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:

1. of Place, arise out of, become separated, ἐξ . . ἵστατο Νεῖκος Emp. 36, cf. 35.10; stand aside from, ἐκστάντες τῆς ὁδοῦ out of the way, Hdt. 3.76; ἐκ τοῦ μέσου X. An. 1.5.14; θάκων καὶ ὁδῶν ἐ. [τινί] stand out of the way forhim, make way for him, Id. Smp. 4.31; ἐκστῆναί τινι S. Ph. 1053, Aj. 672, Ar. Ra. 354, etc.: abs., in same sense, E. IT 1229 (troch.), Ar. Ach. 617, etc.: metaph., ἐξ ἕδρας σοι πλόκαμος ἐξέστηχ’ is displaced, disordered, E. Ba. 928; οὐδὲ μένει νοῦς . . ἀλλ’ ἐξίσταται S. Ant. 564.

2. c. acc., shrink from, shun, νιν οὐκ ἂν ἐξέστην ὄκνῳ Id. Aj. 82; οὐδέν’ ἐξίσταμαι D. 18.319; οὐδένα πώποτε κίνδυνον ἐξέστησαν Id. 20.10.

3. go out of joint, ἐ. ἰσχίον Hp. Aph. 6.59, cf. Fract. 14,6.

II. c. gen. rei, retire from, give up possession of, τῆς ἀρχῆς Th. 2.63, 4.28; ἐκστῆναι τῆς οὐσίας, ἁπάντων τῶν ὄντων, become bankrupt, Antipho 2.2.9, D. 36.50; τῶν ὑπαρχόντων BGU 473.11 (ii A. D.).

2. cease from, abandon, τῆς φιλίας, τῶν μαθημάτων, Lys. 8.18, X. Cyr. 3.3.54; τῶν σπουδασμάτων Pl. Phdr. 249c, etc.; οἱ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἐξεστηκότες Isoc. 4.171; τῆς ὑποθέσεως D. 10.46; τῶν πεπραγμένων, i.e. disown them, Id. 19.72; ἐ. τινὸς εἴς τι Pl. Lg. 907d; also ἐ. ἄθλου τινί, στρατηγίας τινί, abandon it in his favour, Nic.Dam. 73J., Plu. Nic. 7; τῆς Σικελίας τινι Id. Pomp. 10.

3. ἐκστῆναι πατρός lose one's father, give him up, Ar. V. 477; καρδίας ἐξίσταμαι τὸ δρᾶν I depart from my heart's purpose, S. Ant. 1105; esp. φρενῶν ἐκστῆναι lose one's senses. E. Or. 1021, etc.; διὰ τὸ γῆρας τοῦ φρονεῖν Isoc. 5.18; ἐμαυτοῦ Aeschin. 2.4, Men. Sam. 276; ψυχὴ ἐξεστηκυῖα τῶν λογισμῶν Plb. 32.15.8: abs., to be out of one's wits, be distraught, ἐ. μελαγχολικῶς Hp. Prorrh. 1.18, cf. Men. Sam. 64, etc.; ἐξέστην ἰδών Philippid. 27; ἐ. ὑπὸ γήρως Com.Adesp. 860; ταῖς διανοίαις Vett. Val.70.25; ἐξίστασθαι καὶ μαίνεσθαι πρὸς τὴν ὀσμήν Arist. HA 577a12; of anger, εὐθέως ἐξστησόμενος Phld. Ir. p.78 W.; to be astonished, amazed, Ev.Matt. 12.23, Ev.Marc. 2.12, etc.; lose consciousness, of Sisera, LXX Jd. 4.21.

4. ἐξίστασθαι τῆς αὑτοῦ ἰδέας depart from, degenerate from one's own nature, Pl. R. 380d; ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως Arist. HA 488b19; [δημοκρατία] ἐξεστηκυῖα τῆς βελτίστης τάξεως Id. Pol. 1309b32; αἱ δημοκρατίαι ἐ. εἰς τὰς ἐναντίας πολιτείας degenerate into . ., ib.1306b18, cf. Rh. 1390b28: abs., ἐ. μὴ μεταφυτευόμενον Thphr. HP 6.7.6, etc., cf. Plu. 2.649e; χυμὸς ἐξιστάμενος changing its properties, turning, Hp. VM 24; οἶνος ἐξεστηκώς or ἐξιστάμενος changed, sour wine, D. 35.32, Thphr. CP 6.7.5; πρόσωπα ἐξεστηκότα disfigured faces, X. Cyr. 5.2.34.

5. abs., change one's position, one's opinion, ἐγὼ μὲν ὁ αὐτός εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἐξίσταμαι Th. 2.61: opp. ἐμμένειν τῇ δόξῃ, Arist. EN 1151b4.

6. of language, to be removed from common usage, Id. Rh. 1404b13.

III. stand out, project, ἐξεστηκός convex, opp. κοῖλον, Id. HA 493b4.