στέμμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (στέφω) mostly in pl. (sg. in Il.1.28, Ar.Pax948),

   A wreath, garland, chaplet, esp. of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ' ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ . . χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ Il.1.14, 373; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο ib.28, cf. E.Andr.894; sts. worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας Pl.R.617c; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplcts decked, Ar.Pl.39, cf. E.Ion 1310, Th.4.133; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) Hdt.7.197, cf. SIG1025.31 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); σ. πάλας, as a prize, Epigr.Gr. 247 (Mysia); στέμματ' Ὀλυμπιάδων ib.881 (Cyzicus), etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (cf. στεπτικός, στέφανος), PFay.87i10 (ii A.D.), POxy.2130.7 (iii A.D.), cf. PRyl.77.28 (ii A.D.).    2 Sch.S.OT3 says the στέμματα were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ' E.Or.12.    II in pl., στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, Plu. Num.1; Lat. stemmata quid faciunt? Juv.8.1, cf. Plin.HN35.6.    2 guild, CIG3995b (Iconium);= φυλή, ib.9897 (Smyrna, Jewish); ὑπὲρ φιλοκυνηγῶν τοῦ σ. guild of huntsmen, Supp.Epigr.3.499 (Philippi).