στᾰσι-ώτης,
ου,
ὁ,(
A). στάσις B. 111 ) mostly in pl.,
members of a party or
faction in a state, partisans,
οἱ τοῦ Μεγακλέος ς.
Hdt. 1.60 , cf.
59 ,
173 , al.; acting as
a body-guard,
Antipho Fr. 1 .
2). metaph. (with punning allusion to
στάσις B. 1.1 ),
οἱ τοῦ ὅλου ς. the
partisans of 'The Whole', opp.
οἱ ῥέοντες,
Pl. Tht. 181a ;
ς. τῆς φύσεως καὶ ἀφυσίκους, of Parmenides and Melissus, who denied motion,
Arist. ap.
S.E. M. 10.46 .