ἐπίστασθαι (epistasthai)

ἐπίστασθαι is an Ancient Greek form of ἐφίστημι, meaning “set upon, place over; (intrans.) stand near”.

It can also be a form of ἐπίσταμαι, “know, understand, know how to”. It is the present middle/passive infinitive.

Found 251 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.12.121: … ς. Περὶ γραμμάτων. Περὶ ποιητικῆς, [περὶ τοῦ καλοῦ]. Περὶ τοῦ μαθεῖν. Περὶ τοῦ γνῶναι ἢ Περὶ ἐπιστήμης. Τί τὸ ἐπίστασθαι.

Sophocles, Ajax 281: ὡς ὧδʼ ἐχόντων τῶνδʼ ἐπίστασθαί σε χρή.

All forms of ἐφίστημι (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.