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|Definition=ά, όν, also [[στερρός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[firm]], [[solid]], σ. [[λίθος]] ἠὲ σίδηρος Od.19.494; βοέαι Il.17.493; <b class="b3">αἰχμὴ σ. πᾶσα χρυσέη</b> all of [[solid]] gold, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.52, cf. 183; ἕρμα σ. γῆς E.''Hel.''854, cf. X.''Cyn.''9.16; [[γῆ]] σ. καὶ [[ἀδιάλυτος]] Epicur.''Nat.''14.2; <b class="b3">τὰ στερεώτερα τῶν ὀστέων</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἀραιότερα</b>, Hp.''Fract.''33; <b class="b3">τὸ στερεόν</b>, opp. [[κενόν]], Democr. ap. Arist.''Ph.''188a22, ''Metaph.''985b7; opp. [[μαλθακός]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''239c; <b class="b3">κυσὶ σ. καὶ ἰσχνοῖς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">προβάτοις πίοσι καὶ ἁπαλοῖς</b>, Id.''R.''422d; ἀθλητής D.L.2.132; βραχίονες Theoc.22.48; δέρματα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 321a; νῆμα Id.''Plt.''282e; <b class="b3">σ. κέρας</b> [[solid]], opp. [[κοῖλον]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''500a6; σ. [[κάλαμος]] [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.11.10; <b class="b3">στερεὰ τροφή</b> [[solid]] food, D.S.2.4, ''Ep.Hebr.''5.12, Arr.''Epict.''2.16.39 (Comp.); <b class="b3">τὸ σ. σῶμα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὁ χυλός</b>, Gal.15.463; <b class="b3">σ. κοιλίη</b> [[costive]], Hp.''Acut.'' (''Sp.'') 56. Adv. [[στερεῶς]] = [[firmly]], [[fast]], κατέδησαν Od.14.346; ἐντέτατο Il.10.263; <b class="b3">νῶτα.. ἑλκόμενα σ.</b>, of [[wrestler]]s, 23.715.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of money, [[standard]], [[of full value]], ἀργυρίου στερεὰ τάλαντα ''SIG''826 ''D'' 20 (Delph., ii B.C.); so perhaps of [[sum]]s [[due]] [[in kind]], πυροῦ στερεοῦ ''PRein.''8.5 (ii B.C.), al.; and of [[linear]] and [[square]] [[measure]]s, <b class="b3">τῆς προσούσης αὐλῆς πηχῶν σ. ὀκτὼ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῷ μέρος ἥμισυ πήχεις σ. τέσσερας</b> eight (four) [[standard]] [[cubit]]s, ''PStrassb.''87 (ii B.C.), cf. ''PLond.''3.1024.19 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">πόδες σ.</b> [[standard]] feet, ''Milet.''7p.59 (Didyma); <b class="b3">μέτρημα σ.</b> ''Supp.Epigr.''4.446.11 (ibid, iii/ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">ὠρύγη ποταμὸς ἐπὶ τὰ τρία σ.</b> the [[ditch]] was [[restore]]d by [[dig]]ging to its [[three]] [[normal]] [[dimension]]s, ''OGI''672 (Canopus, i A.D.), cf. 673, where the Latin version has at tria [[soldu]] (m).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[stiff]], [[stubborn]], <b class="b3">στερεοῖς ἐπέεσσι</b>, opp. [[μειλιχίοις]], Il.12.267; κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο Od.23.103. Adv. [[στερεῶς]], [[ἀποειπεῖν]] Il.9.510, cf. 23.42.<br><span class="bld">3</span> later, [[hard]], [[stubborn]], [[cruel]], πῦρ Pi.''O.''10(11).36; ὀδύναι Id.''P.''4.221; ἀπειλαί [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 174 (anap.); ἁμαρτήματα S.''Ant.''1262 (lyr.); ἦθος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 309b; οὕτω σ. πρᾶγμα θερμόν ἐσθ' ὕδωρ Antiph.245; σ. φωνή Tryph.490; <b class="b3">τοῦτο ἤδη στερεώτερον</b> [[harder]], [[more]] [[difficult]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 348e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of language, <b class="b3">τὸ εὔτονον καὶ στερεόν</b> [[solidity]], D.H.''Din.''8; ποιήματα Phld.''Po.''5.5, cf. 4 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">σ. ζῴδια</b>, i.e. [[productive]] of [[settled]] [[condition]]s, Serapio in ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''1.100.17, Ptol.''Tetr.''32, ''PMag.Lond.''46.47.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of bodies and quantities, [[solid]], [[cubic]], opp. [[ἐπίπεδος]] (plane), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 51c; <b class="b3">σ. γωνία</b> a [[solid]] [[angle]], Id.''Ti.''54e sq., cf. Euc. 11 ''Def.''11; σ. [[πῆχυς]] ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''669.7 (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">στερεός ἀριθμός</b> a [[cubic]] [[number]], Arist.''Pol.''1316a8; <b class="b3">τὰ στερεά</b> [[cubic]] [[number]]s, representing bodies of [[three]] [[dimension]]s, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''148b: dat. sg. [[στερεῷ]] = [[in the third power]], Theol.Ar.4. (Cf. Skt. sthirás '[[firm]], [[hard]], [[solid]]', OHG. [[star]] '[[rigid]]', OE. starian '[[stare]] [[fixedly]]'.)