στάδιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Argive [[σπάδιον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), τό: pl. [[στάδια]] and heterocl. [[στάδιοι]]; [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] uses both,<br><span class="bld">A</span> στάδιοι 1.26, 2.149,158, al., στάδια 4.101, 5.53, 9.23, al.; so Th. in the same chapter (7.78) has [[στάδια]] once and [[σταδίους]] twice; στάδια [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 497 (lyr.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''6, Antiph.100, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''229c; στάδιοι Ar.''Ra.''1319, Pl.''Criti.''113c, 117e, ''PCair.Zen.'' 388.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; the sg. masc. is not found:<br><span class="bld">I</span> as a standard of length, [[stade]], = 100 [[ὀργυιά|ὀργυιαί]] or 6 [[πλέθρον|πλέθρα]] ([[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.149), i.e. 600 Greek, 606 3/4 English feet, about ''1''/8 of a Roman mile, Plb.3.39.8, 34.12.4, cf. Plin.''HN''2.85, Hero *Deff.131; a longer [[stade]], of which there were 7 ½ in a Roman mile, is implied by D.C.52.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[ἑκατὸν σταδίοισιν ἄριστος]] = [[best by a hundred miles]], Ar. ''Nu.''430; πλεῖν ἢ σταδίῳ λαλίστερα Id.''Ra.''91.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[race-course]], IG22.677.3, etc. (because the most noted, that of Olympia, was exactly a stade long): prop. [[a single course]], opp. [[δίαυλος]], Pi.''O.''13.37, ''IG''22.2313.23, ''SIG''1067.9 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), etc.; σταδίου δρόμος Pi.''O.'' 13.30; [[γυμνὸν στάδιον]], opp. [[ὁπλίτης δρόμος]], Id.''P.''11.49; ὠκύτερον σταδίου Thgn.1306; [[ἀγωνίζεσθαι στάδιον]] = [[run a race]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.22; ἁμιλλᾶσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 833a; νικᾶν X.''HG''1.2.1, cf. Pi.''N.''8.16; ἀσκεῖν Pl.''Thg.''128e; of the building, ''IG''22.351.16, 677.3, ''PRyl.''93.16 (iii A.D.), etc.; [[ἐν σταδίοις]], i.e. [[in the amphitheatre]], ''CIG''4377 (Sagalassos).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[any]] [[area]], e.g. for [[dancing]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 497 (lyr.); [[ξύλινον στάδιον]], of a [[board]] for playing [[πεσσοί]], ''AP''15.18.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[walk]] in a [[garden]], ''IG''14.1853 (pl.).