στέλεχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, also ὁ Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.8, <span class="bibl">Poll.10.166</span>, cj. in <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 3.55</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">crown of the root</b>, whence the stem or trunk springs, δρυὸς ἐν στελέχει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>60.2</span>; <b class="b3">αἴγειρος . . δεδιχασμένη ἑνὸς ἐκ στελέχους</b> Lyr. in <span class="title">Philol.</span>80.334. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">trunk, log</b>, στελέχη φέρειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>336</span> (lyr.); ἐκπρεμνίζειν στελέχη <span class="bibl">D.43.69</span>; <b class="b3">εἰσδυόμενος εἰς τὰ σ</b>., of <b class="b2">hollow trunks</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>559a10</span>; κύων σ. ἔτεκε <span class="bibl">Hecat.15</span> J. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">blockhead</b>, <span class="bibl">Lysipp.7</span>.</span>