- στάσις
- στάσιςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `the standing, the standing still, stand, location, position, political opinion, party, division' also `placement, weighing, defrayal' (Alc., Thgn., Pi., IA.; on the meaning Bolling AmJPh 82, 162f.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. στασί-αρχος m. `party-leader' (A. a. o.), ξενό-στασις `inn for strangers' (S.). Often with prefix as derivation of prefixed verbs, e.g. ἀνάστα-σις (: ἀν-ίσταμαι, -ίστημι) `the standing up, removal, the making to stand up, expulsion (IA.).Derivatives: 1. στάσ-ιμος `standing (firm or still), quiet, weighable' (IA.), `stilling, blocking' (Hp.); Arbenz 39 a. 42f. 2. -ιώδης `partial, rebellious' (X., Arist. a. o.). 3. -ιώτης m. `party member' (IA.) with -ιωτικός, -ιωτεία (after πατριώτης, στρατιώτης a.o.; Redard 9). 4. -ιάζω, also w. prefix, e.g. ἀντι-, δια-, `to form parties, to divide, to quarrel' (IA.; -ι-άζω dissimilat., Schwyzer 735). 5. -ίζω `id.' (Crete IIIa).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1004] *steh₂- `stand, put'Etymology: As old verbal noun to the verb für `stand' (s. ἵστημι) identical with Skt. sthíti- f. `stand, stand still etc.', Lat. stati-ō `standing place' (beside which the frozen acc. statim `fixed, on the spot'), Germ., e.g. Goth. staÞs m. `position, place', OHG stat f. `id.': IE *sth₂-ti-. Beside it with full grade Av. stāiti- `standing, stand, position', Latv. stātis pl. prop. "standing still", `turning point (of the sun) etc.' Slav., e.g. Russ. státь, -u `built of the body etc.': IE *steh₂-ti-.Page in Frisk: 2,777
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.