σταθερός
Πᾶσα γυνὴ χόλος ἐστὶν· ἔχει δ' ἀγαθὰς δύο ὥρας, τὴν μίαν ἐν θαλάμῳ, τὴν μίαν ἐν θανάτῳ → Every woman is an annoyance. She has two good times: one in the bedroom, one in death.
English (LSJ)
ά, Ion. ή, όν,
A standing fast, firm, fixed, γαῖα, opp. ἄστατος, Opp.C.2.412; of the sea, calm, still, σ. χεῦμα A.Fr.276; βύθος D.H.1.71; σταθερῆς (sc. θαλάσσης) AP10.17 (Antiphil.), cf. 7.393 (Diocl., dub. sens.), Poll.1.106; σ. ὕδωρ stagnant, App.Pun.99; σ. μέλαν, of ink, AP6.66 (Paul. Sil.). 2 σ. μεσημβρία high noon, when the sun as it were stands still in the meridian, Pl.Phdr.242a; σ. ἦμαρ mid-day, A.R.1.450; νυκτὸς τὸ-ώτατον Eun.VS p.485 B.; θέρος σ. mid-summer, Antim.95. 3 steady, settled, of weather, ἀὴρ εὔδιος καὶ σ. D.H.Dem.7; εὐδία σ. Plu.Dio 38, cf. M.Ant.12.22; οὐ σ. φῶς οὐδ' ἠρεμοῦν Plu.2.934e. 4 metaph., σ. κάλυξ ἥβης Ar.Fr.467; σ. ἡλικία J.BJ3.1.3; ἡ ἀρετὴ σ. τι AP10.74 (Paul. Sil.); σαοφροσύνη IG3.776; σ. βάδισμα, βλέμμα, Ph.2.267, 26; ἀνάληψις Id.1.179 (Sup.); of speech, calm, deliberate, τὸ βραδὺ καὶ σ. D.H.Comp.23. 5 not used, properly, of persons, Phryn.189, Thom.Mag.p.110 R., but v. EM277.49. 6 Adv. -ρῶς constantly, Cratin.206; firmly, Procl. Inst.156. Adv. Comp., -ώτερον ὁ νοῦς ἵδρυτο Ph.1.372.
