στάθμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[carpenter's line]] or [[carpenter's rule]], ξέσσε δ' ἐπισταμένως <b class="b3">καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα]</b> Od.5.245, cf.23.197; [πελέκεας] ἐπὶ σ. ἴθ. 21.121; also [[στάθμη]] δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει Il.15.410; τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος.. ἰθύτερον Thgn.805; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ σ. θεῖναι μίαν</b> on a [[level]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''657a10: prop. [[στάθμη]] was the [[line]] [[rub]]bed with [[chalk]] or [[red]] [[ochre]], being distinguished from the rule ([[κανών]]) by [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 56c, X.''Ages.''10.2; κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις Plu.2.807d, etc.; <b class="b3">λευκὴ στάθμη</b>, v. [[λευκός]] II.1a: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀτεχνῶς λευκὴ σ. εἰμὶ πρὸς τοὺς καλούς</b> a white [[measuring-line]], i.e. unable to discriminate, Pl.''Chrm.''154b, cf. Plu.2.513f.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ στάθμην</b> [[by the rule]], εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν Thgn.945, cf. 543; τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''474; for A.''Ag.''1045 v. [[παρά]] c. 11.2; <b class="b3">κατὰ στάθμην ἵστασθαι</b>, c. gen., [[in a straight line with]], Democr. ap. Plu.2.929c; <b class="b3">κατὰ σ. ἐνόησας</b> you [[guess]]ed [[aright]], Theoc.25.194; ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''23; στάθμῃ Aret.''SD''2.11; <b class="b3">πρὸς στάθμῃ πέτρον τίθεσθαι, μή τι πρὸς πέτρῳ στάθμην</b>, i.e. when facts are obstinate, do not relax your standard, Com.(?) ap.Plu.2.75f(cf. Bergk ''PLG''3.740); <b class="b3">στάθμα πατρῴα</b> perhaps the [[measure]] [of piety] towards his [[father]], Pi.''P.''6.45; <b class="b3">στάθμας ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς</b> perhaps straining at an over-exact [[measure]], ib.2.90.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[verification]], [[certification]], <b class="b3">τὰς σ. τῶν μέτρων ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου ποιεῖσθαι</b> prob. in ''PTeb.''5.88 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[plummet]] or [[plumbline]], [[μολιβαχθής]] ''AP''6.103 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ῥιπτεῖσθαι ἄνω κατὰ στάθμην</b> to [[be thrown]] [[perpendicular|perpendicularly]] [[upwards]], Arist.''Cael.''296b24.<br><span class="bld">III</span> like [[γραμμή]], [[the line which bounds the racecourse]], [[goal]], <b class="b3">δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν</b>, metaph. of man's [[life]], Pi.''N.''6.7; παρ' οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''1514.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[starting point]], '[[scratch]]', στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι Opp.''H.''4.102, cf. Eust.1023.5.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., [[law]], [[rule]], ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι Pi.''Fr.''1.4; <b class="b3">Υλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις</b>, i.e. according to laws of [[Dorian]] [[rule]], Id.''P.''1.62.<br><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">δοράτων στάθμαι</b> [[butt-ends]], like [[σαυρωτήρ|σαυρωτῆρες]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]17.35, cf. ''PCair.Zen.'' 782 (a).49 (iii B.C.).