στέμμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=στέμματος, τό, ([[στέφω]]) mostly in plural (sg. in Il.1.28, Ar.''Pax''948),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wreath]], [[garland]], [[chaplet]], especially of the [[priest]]'s [[laurel]]-[[wreath]], [[wound]] [[round]] a [[staff]], στέμματ' ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ.. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ Il.1.14, 373; <b class="b3">σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο</b> ib.28, cf. E.''Andr.''894; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 617c; <b class="b3">Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν στεμμάτων</b> from [[shrine]] with [[chaplet]]s [[deck]]ed, Ar.''Pl.''39, cf. E.''Ion'' 1310, Th.4.133; used in sacrificial ceremony, <b class="b3">στέμμασι πυκασθείς</b> (of [[victim]]) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.197, cf. ''SIG''1025.31 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); <b class="b3">σ. πάλας</b>, as a [[prize]], ''Epigr.Gr.'' 247 (Mysia); <b class="b3">στέμματ' Ὀλυμπιάδων</b> ib.881 (Cyzicus), etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων</b> an [[official]] connected with the [[crown]]s of [[office]] of [[magistrate]]s (cf. [[στεπτικός]], [[στέφανος]]), ''PFay.''87i10 (ii A.D.), ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''2130.7 (iii A.D.), cf. ''PRyl.''77.28 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Sch.[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''3 says the [[στέμματα]] were [[wreaths of wool]] wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ' [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''12.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[στέμματα]] = [[pedigree]]s, [[family]] [[tree]]s, Plu. ''Num.''1; Lat. stemmata quid faciunt? Juv.8.1, cf. Plin.''HN''35.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[guild]], ''CIG''3995b (Iconium);= [[φυλή]], ib.9897 (Smyrna, Jewish); <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ φιλοκυνηγῶν τοῦ σ.</b> [[guild]] of [[huntsman|huntsmen]], ''Supp.Epigr.''3.499 (Philippi).