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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.8.170</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>431</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>103</span>: impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔστεφον <span class="bibl">Il.18.205</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>50</span>; στέφον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>75</span>: fut. στέψω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>93</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>576</span> (anap.): aor. ἔστεψα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58c</span>:—Med., fut. στέψομαι <span class="bibl">Ath.15.676d</span>: aor. ἐστεψάμην <span class="title">AP</span>9.363.3 (Mel.), <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.6</span>, etc., (ἐπ-) <span class="bibl">Il. 1.470</span>:—Pass., fut. στεφθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Protr.</span>13</span>: aor. ἐστέφθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 1360</span> (lyr.): pf. ἔστεμμαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>345</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58a</span>, etc.; Ion. pf. part. ἐστεθμένος <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 725 (Milet., vi B.C.), cf. <b class="b3">στέθματα.—στεφανόω</b> is more freq., esp. in Prose:—[[put round]], ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ κεφαλῇ νέφος ἔστεφε δῖα θεάων <span class="bibl">Il.18.205</span>; ἀλλὰ θεὸς μορφὴν ἔπεσι στέφει <span class="bibl">Od.8.170</span>; <b class="b3">μνημεῖα πρὸς ἅρμ' Ἀδράστου χερσὶν ἔστεφον</b> [[hung]] them [[round]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 50</span>; <b class="b3">λάφυρα δαΐων . . ἁγνοῖς δόμοις στέψω πρὸ ναῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">279</span>:—Med., [[put round one's head]], ποίην <span class="title">AP</span>9.363 (Mel.); [[σκόροδα]] prob. in <span class="bibl">Ath.15.676d</span>; κύκλους ἐλαίης <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>325</span>; ἰούλους <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>42.10. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[encircle]], [[crown]], [[wreath]], τινὰ ἄνθεσι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>75</span>; σε παγχρύσοις λαφύροις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>93</span>; κρᾶτα μυρσίνης κλάδοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>759</span>; ἐρίῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>398a</span>; κάρα κισσῷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>341</span>; σ. τὴν πρύμναν τοῦ πλοίου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58c</span>; νεκρόν Lyc.799; στήλην <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.657 (Leon.); <b class="b3">ὁ στρατηγὸς ἔστεψέν [τινα] εἰς γυμνασίαρχ[ον</b>] Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>41 ii 8 (iii A.D.):— Med., <b class="b3">στέφου κάρα</b> [[crown thy]] head, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>313</span>; ἀμφὶ δὲ φύλλοις στεψάμενοι <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1124</span>; βάκχοισιν κεφαλὰς περιανθέσιν ἐστέψαντο Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 130:—Pass., to [[be crowned]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>345</span>; τινι [[with]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>44</span>; τινος <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>5.282</span>: with acc. of the games in which the prize is won, στεφθεὶς παγκράτιον <span class="title">CIG</span>4380m10 (Oenoanda); ἔστεψαι τὰ Ὀλύμπια <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>13</span>; <b class="b3">ποσσάκις ἐστέφθης δρόμον</b>; <span class="title">IG</span>14.1603 (Rome); <b class="b3">στεφθεὶς στάδιν</b>( = [[στάδιον]]) ib.1108 (ibid.); of a magistracy, στεφέσθω Ἀχιλλεὺς κοσμητείαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>77.34</span> (ii A.D.):— Med., Ἴσθμια καλλικόμοις στεψάμενον πίτυσιν <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>290</span>; στεψάμενοι σταδίοις <span class="title">APl.</span>5.371. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wreathe]] a bowl or cup with leaves, <span class="bibl">Alex.119.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>380</span>; γυλλὸς ἐστεμμένος <span class="title">SIG</span>57.26 (Milet., v B.C.); <b class="b3">γυλλοὶ ἐστεθμένοι</b> <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[crown]] or [[honour]] with libations, <b class="b3">χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>431</span>; τύμβον λοιβαῖσι . . στέψαντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>53</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπως . . αὐτὸν ἀφνεωτέραις χερσὶ στέφωμεν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">458</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1322</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., <b class="b3">στέφανον τὸν ἐκ τῆς βύβλου στεφόμενον</b> [[twined]] of papyrus, <span class="bibl">Ath.15.676d</span> codd.:—Act., [[στέφουσα]], title of a statue by Praxiteles, v.l. for [[στεφανοῦσα]] in <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>34.70</span>. (τὸ στέφειν πλήρωσίν τινα σημαίνει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>101</span> (arguing from Hom.); cf. <b class="b3">ἐπιστέφω, ἐπιστεφής</b>; the orig. sense and etym. are doubtful.)</span>