στέρνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[breast]], [[chest]], in Hom. both in sg. and pl., always of males ([[στῆθος]] being used of both sexes), βάλε δουρὶ σ. ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.4.528</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.479</span>, etc.; κρήδεμνον ὑπὸ στέρνοιο τάνυσσαι <span class="bibl">Od.5.346</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>10.68</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.26</span>: pl., εὐρύτερος δ' ὤμοισιν ἰδὲ στέρνοισιν <span class="bibl">Il.3.194</span>; ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη . . στέρνοισι πατάσσει <span class="bibl">13.282</span>; σ. λαχνάεντα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.19</span>; so in <span class="bibl">X., <span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">παίσας εἰς τὰ σ… παῖδα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.6.4</span>; of horses, <span class="bibl">Il.23.365</span> (sg. in <span class="bibl">508</span>); of sheep, <span class="bibl">Od.9.443</span>; in Trag. also of women, in sg., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>563</span>; pl., <b class="b3">μαστούς τ' ἔδειξε στέρνα θ'</b> ib.<span class="bibl">560</span>; <b class="b3">στέρνων πλαγαί</b> beating of the [[breast]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>90</span> (anap.); ἐν στέρνοισι πεσοῦνται δοῦποι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>633</span> (lyr.); στέρν' ἄρασσε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1054</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Poet., esp. Trag., also, the [[breast]] as the seat of the affections, [[heart]], ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ἐσθλῶν σ. οὐ μαλάσσεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>195</span>; τὸ σὸν μὴ σ. ἀλγύνοιμι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>482</span>: mostly in pl., ἤλγυνεν ἐν στέρνοις φρένα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>746</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>792</span>; <b class="b3">οὕτω χρὴ διὰ στέρνων ἔχειν</b> one ought to feel thus, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>639</span>; στέρνοις ἐγκαταθέσθαι τι Simon.(?)<span class="bibl">85</span>; Ἄρη ἐν στέρνοις ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>134</span>; ἐξ εὐμενῶν σ. δέχεσθαί τινα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>487</span>; οἷς πολιοῦχος ὑπὸ στέρνοις ἀρετά τε καὶ αἰδώς <span class="bibl">Isyll.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., στέρνα χθονός Suid., cf. Sch. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>691</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὑπὸ στέρνοισι καμίνου</b> in the [[heart]] of the fire, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>924</span>.—Rare in early Prose (v. supr.); found also in Medic., in signf. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Flat.</span>10</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Sor.1.103</span>, al., Gal.16.608, 18(2).65, al. (all sg.); τὰ σ. μαχαίρᾳ ἀνσχίσσαντα <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.99 (Epid., iv B.C.); never in Arist. (f.l. for [[στενῶν]] in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>905b40</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[breastbone]], Gal.2.592, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UP</span>6.8</span>.</span>