Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπανάστασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπανάστασις ὑπανάστασεως

Structure: ὑπαναστασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a rising up from one's seat

Examples

  • καὶ παντὶ δὲ τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τιμὴν καθ’ ἡλικίαν, ὑπαναστάσει καὶ κατακλίσει καὶ τοῖσ τοιούτοισ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 28:2)
  • σιγάσ τε τῶν νεωτέρων παρὰ πρεσβυτέροισ ἃσ πρέπει, καὶ κατακλίσεισ καὶ ὑπαναστάσεισ καὶ γονέων θεραπείασ, καὶ κουράσ γε καὶ ἀμπεχόνασ καὶ ὑποδέσεισ καὶ ὅλον τὸν τοῦ σώματοσ σχηματισμὸν καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα τοιαῦτα. (Plato, Republic, book 4 109:2)

Synonyms

  1. a rising up from one's seat

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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