στυππεῖον
From LSJ
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
English (LSJ)
τό,
A the coarse fibre of flax or hemp, tow, oakum, Hdt. 8.52, X.Cyr.7.5.23, D.47.20, Aen.Tact.33,35, Plb.1.45.12, 5.89.2, D.S.14.51, Plu.Cic.18, Gal.16.622, App.Hann.33, Ill.11, Luc.Asin. 31. (In Papyri and codd. written also στιππύον, στιππεῖον (qq. v.), στυπεῖον, στυπίον, στυππίον (cf. στυππίον· τὸ λίνον, Hsch.); στυπεῖον is confirmed by IG22.1631.336, στυππεῖον by PCair.Zen. 177.6, 514.7 (iii B.C.), and by στυππειοπλόκος, στυππειουργός (qq.v.); cf. [στυπ]πέον IG22.1629.1150.) 0-0[στυπ]πειο-πλόκος, ὁ,= sq., IG22.1673.15,41.
