στάσιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ον,</b> (στάσις): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> Act., <b class="b2">checking, stopping</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ σ. τοῦ αἵματος</b> <b class="b2">styptics</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.110</span>; of foods,= στατικός <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.54</span>,<span class="bibl">55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b2">brought to a stand, standing, stationary</b>: of water, <b class="b2">stagnant</b>, Id.<b class="b2">Aėr</b>.<span class="bibl">7</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>20.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.8.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">-ώτατος ποταμῶν</b> Id.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.<span class="bibl">15</span>; <b class="b3">σ. αἷμα</b> Id.<span class="title">Acut.</span> (<span class="title">Sp.</span>9; <b class="b3">σ. ὕδατα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ῥυτά</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>353b19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">stable, steadfast</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑγρός</b> and <b class="b3">ῥοώδης</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span> 1</span>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.5</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">τὸ ψυχρὸν ἔοικε σ. εἶναι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κινητικόν</b>, Plu.2.945f; σ. κίνησις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>256b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>180b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>717a30</span> (Comp.); πνεῦμα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.12.11</span>; βίος <span class="title">BCH</span>51.148 (Salamis Cypr.); <b class="b3">σ. ἄστρα</b> <b class="b2">fixed</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.4.156</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ὄργανα</b> defined in <span class="bibl">Orib.49.2.6</span>. Adv. -μως <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>29</span>: Comp. -ωτέρως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>55e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of men, <b class="b2">steadfast, steady</b>, <b class="b3">φύσεις κόσμιοι καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>539d</span>; τὰ σ. γένη ἐξίσταται εἰς νωθρότητα <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1390b30</span>; φρόνιμος καὶ σ. ἄνθρωπος <span class="bibl">Plb.27.15.10</span>; <b class="b3">-ώτερος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τολμηρότερος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.21.7.5</span>: <b class="b3">τὸ σ</b>. <b class="b2">steadiness</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.6.58.13</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σ. τῆς ἵππου</b> the <b class="b2">heavy</b> cavalry, <span class="bibl">Id.3.65.6</span>; οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.15.16.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of music, ἡ Δωριστὶ -ωτάτη καὶ μάλιστα ἦθος ἔχουσα ἀνδρεῖον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1342b13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1340b9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>922b15</span>; <b class="b3">μέτρον -ώτατον</b>, of heroic verse, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>1459b34</span>; <b class="b3">λέξις σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1125a14</span>:—but, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">στάσιμον, τό</b>, in Tragedy, <b class="b2">choral song</b>, distd. by Aristotle fr. <b class="b3">πάροδος</b> and defined as <b class="b3">μέλος χοροῦ τὸ ἄνευ ἀναπαίστου καὶ τροχαίου</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span> 1452b23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>6.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.4.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.13.592b</span>; expld. as sung by the chorus when <b class="b2">stationary</b>, <b class="b3">σ. μέλος ὃ ᾄδουσιν ἱστάμενοι οἱ χορευταί</b> Sch. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1314</span>, cf. Arg.A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>270</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>216</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>690.49</span>, <span class="bibl">725.2</span>; cf. <b class="b3">στάδην</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀργύριον σ</b>. money <b class="b2">out at interest</b>, Lex Solonis ap.<span class="bibl">Lys.10.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> (στάσις A. 11) <b class="b2">weighed, weighable</b>: <b class="b3">τὰ σ</b>., = [[σταθμία]], <span class="bibl">Cephisod.13</span>; <b class="b3">θεωρῶν . . τὸν ἄνδρα . . ἕλκοντα τὸ τῆς πράξεως σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.8.19.2</span>.</span>