ἐπιστασία

τινος, ἡ
A. = ἐπίστασις 11.2, attention, care, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος Ph. 1.192, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.149 S.(prob.); ἐ. ἔχειν deserve attention, Ath. 2.66b.
2. . recognition, ἐς ἐ. τῆς νούσου ἀφικνεόμενοι Aret. SD 1.6.
II. . authority, dominion, πρὸς τὴν ἐ. αὐτῶν dominion over them, Str. 8.5.5; τὰς πόλεις ἠλευθέρου τῆς τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐ. D.S. 20.32: abs., Plu. Luc. 2, Nic. 28; ἀρχικὴ ἐ. Stoic. 3.158, cf. 2.339 (pl.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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