σταθμός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[σταθμός]], οῦ, ὁ, [[στῆναι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[standing]] [[place]] for animals, Lat. [[stabulum]], a [[stable]], [[fold]], Il.: a stye, Od.: of men, a [[dwelling]], [[abode]], Hes., Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[quarters]], lodgings for travellers or soldiers, Lat. [[statio]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[Persia]], σταθμοί were stations on the [[royal]] [[road]], [[where]] the [[king]] rested, Hdt.: [[hence]] a day's [[journey]], day's [[march]], averaging [[about]] 5 parasangs or 15 [[miles]], Hdt., Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> like Lat. [[statio]], a [[station]] for ships, Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> an [[upright]] [[post]], the [[bearing]] [[pillar]] of the [[roof]], Od.: a [[door]]-[[post]], esp. in pl., Hom., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the [[balance]], Ar., Il.; ἱστᾶν σταθμῷ τι πρός τι to [[weigh]] one [[thing]] [[against]] [[another]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[weight]], σταθμὸν ἔχειν [[τάλαντον]] to [[weigh]] a [[talent]], Hdt.; absol. in acc., ἴσα [[σταθμόν]] [[equal]] in [[weight]], Hdt.; ἡμιπλίνθια σταθμὸν διτάλαντα two talents in or by [[weight]], Hdt.:—in pl. weights, Eur., etc.