καθίστη (kathiste)

καθίστη is an Ancient Greek form of καθίστημι, meaning “set down, appoint; (intrans.) be established, become”. It is the 2nd person singular present middle/passive subjunctive.

It can also be a form of καθιστάω, “set up, appoint, establish”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 45 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.75.1: τοσαῦτα ἐπιθειάσας καθίστη ἐς πόλεμον τὸν στρατόν, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν περιεσταύρωσαν αὐτοὺς τοῖς δένδρεσιν ἃ ἔκοψαν, τοῦ μηδένα ἐπεξιέναι, ἔπειτα χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ἐλπίζοντες ταχίστην αἵρεσιν ἔσεσθαι αὐτῶν στρατεύματος τοσούτου ἐργαζομένου.

Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 55: … μὲν νόμος μηδʼ ἐπιψηφίζειν φησὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων παρὰ ταῦτα μηδένα· ὁ δʼ ἔγραψε τοῖς προέδροις ἐπάναγκες, ἐάν τις καθιστῇ, προσάγειν, καὶ προσέγραψεν ὁπότʼ ἄν τις βούληται.

All forms of καθίστημι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.