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|Definition=Dor. [[στάμων]] [ᾱ] ''AP''6.160.6 (Antip. Sid.), ονος, ὁ: ([[ἵστημι]], cf. <b class="b3">στῆσαι τὸν σ.</b> Poll.7.32):—the<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[warp]] in the upright loom, στήμονι δ' ἐν παύρῳ πολλὴν κρόκα μηρύσασθαι Hes.''Op.''538; ἄττεσθαι Hermipp.2; <b class="b3">ἀκλώστους σ.</b> Pl.Com.221; <b class="b3">κρόκη καὶ σ.</b> ''PLille'' 6.12 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ξύλων.. στήμονα ἐχόντων τοὺς κάλους</b> laths with the cords as their [[warp]] (so as to form mats), Apollod.''Poliorc.''169.7; cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 281a,282d, ''Cra.''388b, Orph.''Fr.''33.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., in woodwork, dub. sens., of parts of a ceiling, ''Inscr.Délos'' 504 ''A'' 6,9,10 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[thread]], σ. ἔνης α Batr.183, cf. Ar.''Lys.''519, Men.892; προσεμβαλόντες σ. καινόν ''PCair.Zen.''423.10 (iii B.C.), cf. 484.14 (dub. sens.); στήμονος ἡμιμναῖον ''PEnteux.''31.4 (iii B.C.); φαντασίαι.. οἷον τριχῶν ἢ κρόκης ἢ στήμονος Gal.18(2).73; οἱ σ. οἱ ἑψόμενοι [[Theophrastus]] ''Ign.''43; <b class="b3">σ. ἐξεσμένος</b>, nickname of a very thin person, '[[threadpaper]]', Ar.''Fr.'' 728; [[strand]] in torsion engine, Ph.''Bel.''58.19: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐκ σαπροῦ κρεμάμενοι σ.</b> Plu.''Phoc.''30.