στασιάζω

A. ‐άσω Hdt. 8.3: (στάσις B. 111):

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; ἐπ’ 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 μεθ’ 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. 1.3, 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.