- אסטנית
- אִסְטָנִית, אִיסְטַטִּית, אִיסְטַסִּיתf. (סטן = שׂטן; cmp. אִיסְטַטָּנִית) a system of information, sycophancy. Macc.I, 5 (5a) אסטנית היא זו Ms. M. (ed. איסטטית, Mish. אסטס׳, Y. ed. 1, 7 איסטיסית) this endless prosecution of witnesses on the information by other witnesses testifying to an alibi would be regular sycophancy. (Maim. reads אסטיסית. Tosef.Macc.I, 10 איסטיטית, ed. Zuck. (Var. איצטניסית.)
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
