στελεά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[haft]], [[shaft]], [[[στυρακίου]]] <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.18.10</span> (unless = [[socket]]); Ep. στελεή, τυπίδος <span class="bibl">A.R.4.957</span>: also στειλειή, [[haft]] of an axe, <span class="bibl">Od.21.422</span>, v.l.in <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>387</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[στειλέαν]],= <b class="b3">τὴν μακρὰν ῥάφανον</b>, Antiph. (<span class="title">Fr.</span>121?) ap. Hsch. (cf. [[στελεός]]). (The statement of Hsch., <span class="title">EM</span>726.52, <span class="bibl">Eust.1531.37</span>, that [[στειλειή]] = [[hole]] in the axe-head, may be due to a misunderstanding of Od. l.c.) (With <b class="b3">στελεά, στελεόν, στελεός</b>, cf. OE. [[stela]] 'stem, stalk', Engl. (dial.) [[steal]] 'handle of a hammer, axe, rake, etc., shaft of an arrow or javelin'.)</span>