στάχυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[στᾰχῡς E.''HF''5, but στᾰχῠν Call.''Dian.''130, A.R.1.688], υος, ὁ: pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> στάχυες ''IG''12.280.78,22.1424a333, etc.; Ep. dat. σταχύεσσιν Il.23.598; acc. στάχῡς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''393, ''OGI''56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C.), but στάχυας [[LXX]] ''Ge.''41.7, etc:—[[ear of corn]], in plural, Il.l.c., Hes.''Op.''473, ''Ev.Matt.''12.1, etc.; <b class="b3">τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ.</b> Arist.''Pol.''1284a30: in sg., A.''Supp.''761, ''Fr.''304.7, S.''Fr.''395, and freq in E., ''Hec.''593, al.: metaph., σ. ἄτης [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''821; <b class="b3">ἐκ καλάμης.. στάχυες</b>, of [[Bacchylides]]' [[poem]]s, ''AP''4.1.34 (Mel.):—of the Theban [[Σπαρτοί]], E.''Ph.''939, ''HF''5, ''Ba.''264; of the [[crop]] [[reap]]ed by [[Cleon]] in capturing the [[Spartan]]s at [[Sphacteria]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''393; <b class="b3">βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ.</b> E.''Fr.''757.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[scion]], [[progeny]], σ. ἄρσην Id.''Fr.''360.22, cf. Lyc.214; <b class="b3">δισσὸν Βορέον σ.</b> Orph.''A.''218; τέκνων Man.6.304; Ἰνδῶν [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 18.267; <b class="b3">Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ.</b> ''AP''9.362.25.<br><span class="bld">3</span> name of the [[chief]] [[star]] in the [[constellation]] [[Virgo]], [[Spica virginis]], Arat.97, Ptol.''Alm.''7.5: in plural, Man. 2.134.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[lower part of the abdomen]], Heliod. ap. Orib.50.26 tit., Poll.2.168, cf. Eust.194.4, 410.17.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[base horehound]], [[Stachys germanica]], Dsc.3.106, Plin.''HN''24.136.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[νάρδου στάχυς]] = [[ναρδόσταχυς]], ''Gp.''7.13.1; <b class="b3">ὁ τῆς νάρδου στάχυς</b> Gal.6.267.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[surgical]] [[bandage]], '[[spica]]' [[bandage]], Heliod. ap. Orib.48.46 tit., Gal.18(1).814.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">VII</span> = Heb. [[shibboleth]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''12.6.