στάθμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[carpenter's line]] or [[rule]], ξέσσε δ' ἐπισταμένως <b class="b3">καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα</b>] <span class="bibl">Od.5.245</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">23.197</span>; [<b class="b3">πελέκεας] ἐπὶ σ. ἴθ</b>. <span class="bibl">21.121</span>; also στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει <span class="bibl">Il.15.410</span>; τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος . . ἰθύτερον <span class="bibl">Thgn.805</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ σ. θεῖναι μίαν</b> on a [[level]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>657a10</span>: prop. [[στάθμη]] was [[the line rubbed with chalk]] or [[red ochre]], being distinguished from the rule (κανών) by <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>56c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>10.2</span>; κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις Plu.2.807d, etc.; <b class="b3">λευκὴ σ</b>., v. [[λευκός]] 11.1a: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀτεχνῶς λευκὴ σ. εἰμὶ πρὸς τοὺς καλούς</b> a white [[measuring-line]], i.e. unable to discriminate, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>154b</span>, cf. Plu.2.513f. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ στάθμην</b> [[by the rule]], εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν <span class="bibl">Thgn.945</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">543</span>; τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>474</span>; for <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1045</span> v. [[παρά]] c. <span class="bibl">11.2</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ στάθμην ἵστασθαι</b>, c. gen., [[in a straight line with]], Democr. ap. Plu.2.929c; <b class="b3">κατὰ σ. ἐνόησας</b> you guessed [[aright]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.194</span>; ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>23</span>; στάθμῃ <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.11</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς στάθμῃ πέτρον τίθεσθαι, μή τι πρὸς πέτρῳ στάθμην</b>, i.e. when facts are obstinate, do not relax your standard, Com.(?) ap.Plu.2.75f(cf. Bergk <span class="title">PLG</span>3.740); <b class="b3">στάθμα πατρῴα</b> perh. the [[measure]] [of piety] towards his father, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.45</span>; <b class="b3">στάθμας ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς</b> perh. straining at an over-exact [[measure]], ib.<span class="bibl">2.90</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[verification]], [[certification]], <b class="b3">τὰς σ. τῶν μέτρων ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου ποιεῖσθαι</b> prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>5.88</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[plummet]] or [[plumbline]], μολιβαχθής <span class="title">AP</span>6.103 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ῥιπτεῖσθαι ἄνω κατὰ στάθμην</b> to be thrown perpendicularly upwards, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>296b24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> like [[γραμμή]], <b class="b2">the line which bounds the racecourse, goal</b>, <b class="b3">δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν</b>, metaph. of man's life, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.7</span>; παρ' οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1514</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[starting point]], 'scratch', στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1023.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., [[law]], [[rule]], ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.4</span>; <b class="b3">Υλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις</b>, i.e. according to laws of Dorian [[rule]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>1.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">δοράτων στάθμαι</b> [[butt-ends]], like [[σαυρωτῆρες]], <span class="bibl">D.S.17.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 782</span> ([[a]]).<span class="bibl">49</span> (iii B.C.).</span>