σταθμός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in Trag., etc., with heterocl. pl. [[σταθμά]], S.''Ph.''489, ''OT'' 1139, E.''HF''999, X.''Eq.''4.3, etc.; [[σταθμοί]] however occurs not only in Hom. (v. infr.), but in E.''Andr.''280, ''Or.''1474 (both lyr.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[standing-place]] for animals, [[farmstead]], [[steading]], <b class="b3">τὼ μὲν</b> (the lions) ἄρ', ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον Il.5.557, cf. 12.304; κατὰ σταθμοὺς δύεται 5.140; κατὰ σ. ποιμνήϊον 2.470; σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ 19.377, cf. Hes.''Th.''294; sometimes including the human dwelling, Od.14.504; of a swineherd's steading, ib.32; of a sheepstation, Il.5.140, 18.589, cf. E.''Rh.''293; of the [[stable]] of the griffin of Oceanus, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''398; of a deer's [[lair]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''578b21, 611a20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of men, [[dwelling]], [[abode]], Pi.''O.''5.10 (pl.), ''P.''4.76 (pl.); Ἀΐδα Id.''O.''10 (''ΙΙ'').92; οὐρανοῦ Id.''I.''7(6).45; Εὐβοίας σταθμά S.''Ph.''489, cf. ''PCair.Zen.''344.2 (iii B.C.), ''BGU''1185.13 (i B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[quarters]], [[lodgings]] for travellers or soldiers, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.119, X.''An.''1.8.1, al., ''SIG''880.15 (Pizus, iii A.D.), etc.; soldier's [[billet]], PStrassb.92.4 (iii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[quarter]] of a town, ''PRyl.''102.8 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Persia, of [[stations]] or [[stages]] on the royal road, where the king rested in travelling, σ. βασιλήϊοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.52, cf. 6.119, Plu.''Art.''25: hence in reference to Persia, of distances, [[a day's march]] (about 5 parasangs or 150 stades), X.''An.''1.2.10; [[posting-station]] in the desert, σ. καὶ φρούρια ''OGI''701.13 (Egypt, ii A.D., pl.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[station]] for ships, E.''Rh.''43 (lyr.), Lyc. 290.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[upright standing-post]], freq. in Hom.; sometimes of the [[bearing pillar]] of the roof, παρὰ σταθμὸν τέγεος Od.1.333, 8.458, 18.209; παρὰ σ. μεγάροιο 17.96, cf. 22.120,257: in plural, E.''IT''49; also [[doorpost]], Od.4.838, 17.340: pl., ἀργύρεοι σ. ἐν χαλκέῳ ἕστασαν οὐδῷ 7.89, cf. 10.62, Il.14.167, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.179, S.''El.''1331, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1474 (lyr.): later, pl. [[σταθμά]] in this sense, Id.''HF''999, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''449, ''IG''22.1672.70, 173, 42(1).103.94 (Epid., iv B.C.); σ. θυράων Theoc.24.15: [[σταθμός]] alone, = [[threshold]], [[door]], [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''12.9, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> (ἵστημι A. IV) [[balance]], γυνὴ.. σταθμὸν ἔχουσα Il.12.434; <b class="b3">ἱστᾶσι σταθμῷ πρὸς ἀργύριον τὰς</b> [[τρίχας]] weigh them against silver, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.65; ἐπὶ τὸν σ. ἀγαγεῖν Ar. ''Ra.''1365; <b class="b3">ἐς τὸν σ. ἐμβάς</b> ib.1407; <b class="b3">ἕλκειν σ.</b> [[weigh]] so much, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.50, cf. Eup.116.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[weight]], <b class="b3">σίτου σ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.168; σ. ἔχοντες τριήκοντα τάλαντα Id.1.14; <b class="b3">διαφέρειν ἐν τῷ σ.</b> Hp.Aër.1: abs., in acc., <b class="b3">ἀναθήματα ἴσα σταθμὸν τοῖσι..</b>equal [[in weight]] to... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.92; <b class="b3">ἡμιπλίνθια σταθμὸν διτάλαντα</b> two talents in or [[by weight]], ib.50; <b class="b3">Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τάλαντον</b> a talent, Babylonian [[weight]], Id.3.89, cf. Th.2.13; <b class="b3">ᾧ πλείω παρὰ τὸν σ.</b> excess resulting from difference of [[standard]], PCair.Zen.782 (a).141 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">μυρίος χρυσοῦ σ.</b> E.''Ba.''812; σ. [θύννου] ἦν τάλαντα ιε' [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''607b32; νόμισμα.. ὁρισθὲν μεγέθει καὶ σταθμῷ Id.''Pol.''1257a39.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[fixed standard]] of health, Hp.''VM'' 9, ''Steril.''230.