στάσις
στάσις
στάσις (ᾰ), εως,
στῆναι
a standing, the posture of standing, Aesch., Plat.
a position, posture. post, station, Hdt., Eur.; τῆς στάσεως παρασύρων τὰς δρῦς tearing the oaks from their ground, Ar.
a point of the compass, ἡ στ. τῆς μεσαμβρίης Hdt.
the position, state or condition of a person, Lat. status, Plat.
a party, company, band, Aesch.: a sect of philosophers, Plut.
esp. a party formed for seditious purposes, a faction, Solon., Hdt., Attic
sedition, discord, Hdt., Attic; στάσιν ποιεῖσθαι Isocr.; πόλιν εἰς στάσιν ἐμβάλλειν Xen.