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|etymtx=-ονος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the warp in the upright loom, thread</b>, also of a single thread (Hes.).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">-ά-</b> AP.<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">στημονο-νητικη τέχνη</b> <b class="b2">the art of spinning</b> (Pl.; Chantraine Études 137), <b class="b3">χρυσο-στήμων</b> <b class="b2">with golden threads, goldstitched</b> (Lyd.); with old transition in the <b class="b2">o-</b>stems <b class="b3">στημο-ρραγέω</b> <b class="b2">to be unraveled into threads</b> (A.), <b class="b3">μανό-στημος</b> <b class="b2">with thin warp</b> (A.)<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">στημόν-ιον</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ίας κίκιννος</b> <b class="b2">thread-like curl</b> (Cratin.), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the warp</b> (pap. IIIp), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">warp-like</b> (Plu.), <b class="b3">-ίζομαι</b> <b class="b2">the thread for pulling up the warp</b> (Arist.). Besides <b class="b3">στημν-ίον</b> <b class="b2">yarn, (weaving-)thread</b> (Delos IIIa, hell. pap.), cf. <b class="b3">λιμέν-ιον</b> : <b class="b3">λίμνη</b> a.o. (Schwyzer 524); with loss of the <b class="b3">ν</b>: <b class="b3">στημ-ίον</b> (late pap.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1004, 1007] <b class="b2">*steh₂-</b> [[stand]]<br />Etymology: Old des. of an old notion, except to the gender formally and in meaning identical with Lat. [[stāmen]] n. Besides, in meaning deviating, <b class="b3">στῆμα</b> n. des. of an apparatus (Hero), <b class="b2">the exterior part of the membrum virile</b> (Ruf., Poll.), Skt. <b class="b2">sthā́man-</b> n. <b class="b2">standing-place</b>, Goth. [[stomin]] (dat.) = Gr. <b class="b3">ὑπόστασις</b>, OSwed. [[stomme]] from <b class="b2">*stōme</b> m. [[scaffolding]], [[frame]], Lith. <b class="b2">stomuõ</b>, gen. <b class="b2">-meñs</b> <b class="b2">body- hape, stature</b>; all from IE <b class="b2">*steh₂-m(e</b>\/<b class="b2">o)n-</b>; s. on [[ἵστημι]]. -- With <b class="b2">ō-</b>ablaut <b class="b3">στώμιξ δοκὶς ξυλίνη</b> H. (also Lith. <b class="b2">stuomuõ</b>?) with formation like Russ. dial. <b class="b2">stamík</b> <b class="b2">supporting beam, steep rock etc.</b>. With zero grade [[στάμνος]]{{(?)}} s. v. and [[σταμῖνες]]. --WP. 2, 606f., Pok. 1007f., W.-Hofmann, Fraenkel and Vasmer s. vv. (w. lit.); cf. v. Windekens Orbis 12, 193.

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