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ἄστατος

ἄστατος, unstable

ἄστᾰτος, ον, (ἵσταμαι)
  • 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. 3 p.65 U., cf. Phld. Rh. 1.166 S. (Sup.), Ph. 1.230, al., Diog.Oen. 18, Diogenian.Epicur. 2.60, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 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 1.32B25, al., Nic. Th. 602.

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