σταθμάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. σταθμ-έω <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.150</span> (Med.), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>30</span> (Pass.): —<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[measure by rule]] (στάθμη) <b class="b3">, πλέθρου σταθμήσας μῆκος εἰς εὐγωνίαν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν σκηνήν</b>) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1137</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τὸ ὕδωρ</b> [[measure]] or [[weigh]] it, <span class="bibl">Ath.2.43b</span>; [[certify as containing full measure]], PTeb.5.86 (ii B.C.):—Pass., to [[be measured]] or [[weighed]], σταθμεόμενα Hp. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">3 Ki.</span>6.23</span>: fut. Med. in pass. sense, ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>797</span>: pf. Pass., ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἐστάθμηται Δελτωτὸν πλευρῇσιν <span class="bibl">Arat.234</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Med. σταθμάομαι, Ion. [[σταθμόομαι]] (q.v.), [[measure]], σταθμᾶτο . . ἄλσος πατρί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).45</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς τράφας</b> (i.e. [[τάφρους]]) ὀρύξει . . ὅπου ἂν σταθμήσωνται οἱ νεωποῖαι <span class="title">SIG</span>963.28 (Amorgos, iv B.C.); [[calculate]], [[estimate]] distance or size, without actual measurement, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.150</span>; σ. ὅκως ἐξελεύσεται . . <span class="bibl">Id.9.37</span>; <b class="b3">μετρεῖν ἢ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>643c</span>; σταθμήσασθαι τοὺς ἀστερίσκους <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.119</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[measure]], [[estimate]], τινι [[by]] some criterion, σ. ταῖς χάρισι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 465d</span>; [<b class="b3">ταύτῃ τῇ στάθμῃ</b>] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>63</span>: abs., [[conjecture]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1111</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[attach weight to]] a thing, [[take]] it [[into account]], τούτων τι σ. ὧν ὅδε λέγει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>205a</span>; εἴ τι δεῖ σταθμᾶσθαι τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>9.4.9</span>.</span>