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|Definition=σταθερά, Ion. σταθερή, σταθερόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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) ''AP''10.17 (Antiphil.), cf. 7.393 (Diocl., dub. sens.), Poll.1.106; <b class="b3">σταθερὸν ὕδωρ</b> [[stagnant]], App.''Pun.''99; <b class="b3">σ. μέλαν</b>, of [[ink]], ''AP''6.66 (Paul. Sil.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[σταθερὰ μεσημβρία]] = [[high noon]], when the [[sun]] as it were [[stand still|stands still]] in the [[meridian]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''242a; [[σταθερὸν ἦμαρ]] = [[mid-day]], A.R.1.450; νυκτὸς τὸ σταθερώτατον Eun.''VS'' p.485 B.; [[θέρος σταθερόν]] = [[mid-summer]], Antim.95.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[steady]], [[settled]], of [[weather]], <b class="b3">ἀὴρ εὔδιος καὶ σ.</b> D.H.''Dem.''7; <b class="b3">εὐδία σ.</b> Plu.''Dio'' 38, cf. M.Ant.12.22; οὐ σ. φῶς οὐδ' ἠρεμοῦν Plu.2.934e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., σ. [[κάλυξ]] ἥβης Ar.''Fr.''467; σ. ἡλικία J.''BJ''3.1.3; ἡ ἀρετὴ σ. τι ''AP''10.74 (Paul. Sil.); σαοφροσύνη ''IG''3.776; <b class="b3">σ. βάδισμα, βλέμμα</b>, Ph.2.267, 26; [[ἀνάληψις]] Id.1.179 (Sup.); of speech, [[calm]], [[deliberate]], <b class="b3">τὸ βραδὺ καὶ σ.</b> [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''23.<br><span class="bld">5</span> not used, properly, of persons, Phryn.189, Thom.Mag.p.110 R., but v. ''EM''277.49.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Adv. [[σταθερῶς]] = [[constantly]], Cratin.206; [[firmly]], Procl. ''Inst.''156. Adv. Comp., σταθερώτερον ὁ νοῦς ἵδρυτο Ph.1.372.