στήλη: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[στήλη]], δοριξ [[στάλα]], ἡ, [[στέλλω]]?]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[block]] of [[stone]] used as a [[prop]] or [[buttress]] to a [[wall]], Il.: a [[block]] of rockcrystal, in [[which]] the Egyptian mummies were cased, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[block]] or [[slab]], [[bearing]] an [[inscription]]; and so,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[gravestone]], Hom., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[block]] or [[slab]], inscribed with [[record]] of victories, dedications, treaties, decrees, etc., Hdt., [[attic]]; γράφειν τινὰ εἰς στήλην, ἀναγράφειν ἐν στήλῃ, [[whether]] for [[honour]], or for [[infamy]], Hdt., Dem.:—also the [[record]] itself, a [[contract]], [[agreement]], κατὰ τὴν στήλην according to [[agreement]], Ar.; στῆλαι αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[boundary]] [[post]], Xen.:— the [[turning]]-[[post]] at the end of the racecourse, Lat. [[meta]], Soph., Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> for Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήιαι, v. [[Ἡράκλειος]].