*אִסְטָנִית, (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).