καθίστημι in Causal sense; of Act., pres., imperf., fut.; of Mid., the aor1, and sometimes pres.:— to set down, place, Il.; νῆα κατάστησον stop it, bring it to land, Od.; κ. δίφρον to station it, before starting for the race, Soph.:—Mid., λαῖφος κατεστήσαντο steadied the sails, Hhymn. to bring down to a place, Od., etc.:— to restore, ἐς φῶς σὸν κατ. βίον Eur.:—Pass., οὐκ ἂν χάρις καθίσταιτο would not be returned, Thuc. to bring before a magistrate or king, Hdt. of soldiers, to set in order, to set as guards, Xen. to ordain, appoint, Hdt., etc.:—in aor1 mid. to appoint for oneself, establish, institute, Hdt., Aesch. esp. of political constitutions, to settle, establish, νόμους Eur., etc.; κατ. πολιτείαν, Lat. constituere rempublicam, Plat., etc.:— so in Mid., φρούρημα γῆς καθίσταμαι Aesch.; καθίστατο τὰ περὶ τὴν Μιτυλήνην Thuc. to bring into a certain state, κατ. δῆμον ἐς μοναρχίαν Eur.; κ. τινὰ ἐς ἀπόνοιαν, ἐς φόβον, ἐς ἀπορίαν Thuc.; so, κ. τοὺς φίλους ἐν ἀκινδύνῳ Xen.:—also, κ. ἑαυτὸν ἐς κρίσιν to present himself for trial, Thuc. to make or render so and so, κ. τινα ψευδῆ Soph.; ἄπιστον Thuc.:—rarely c. inf., καθ. τινὰ φεύγειν to make him fly, Thuc.:—Mid., τὴν ναυμαχίαν πεζομαχίαν καθίστασθαι Thuc. τὴν ζόην καταστήσασθαι ἀπʼ ἔργων ἀνοσιωτάτων to get oneʼs living by most unhallowed deeds, Hdt. to make, continue, Aesch.; so in Mid., Aesch. intr. in aor2, perf., and plup. of Act. (also in fut. καθεστήξω) , and in all tenses of Mid. (except aor. 1), and all of Pass.:— to be set, set oneself down, settle, arrive, ἐς τόπον Hdt., Soph. to come before another, stand in his presence, Hdt.; καταστὰς ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἔλεγε Thuc. to be set as guard, Hdt., etc.: to be appointed, Eur., etc. to stand quiet, be calm, of water, Ar.; so, πνεῦμα καθεστηκός Ar.; ὁ θόρυβος κατέστη abated, Hdt.; so, of persons, καταστάς composedly, Aesch.; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡλικία middle age, Thuc. in perf. to come into a certain state, to become, and in aor2 and plup. to be, Hdt., etc.; καταστάντων εὖ τῶν πρηγμάτων being in a good state, Hdt.; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατε; in what case are ye? Soph.; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (sc. τοῦ πολέμου) from its first commencement, Thuc. to be established or instituted, to prevail, exist, Hdt., etc.: in perf. part., existing, established, prevailing, τὸν νῦν κατεστεῶτα κόσμον Hdt.; οἱ καθεστῶτες νόμοι Soph.; τὰ καθεστῶτα the present state of life, Soph.; so, τὰ κατεστεῶτα, existing laws, customs, Hdt. Pass. to stand against, oppose, Τιτήνεσσι κατέσταθεν Hes.