στέαρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, gen. [[στέατος]] [v. sub fin.]; contr. [[στῆρ]], ''PCair.Zen.''703.2,6 (iii B.C.), Archig. ap. Gal.12.861, Thd.''Bel.'' 27, gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> στῆτος ''PCair.Zen.''176.183 (iii B.C.); also [[στεῖαρ]], gen. στείατος Choerob.''in Theod.'' 1.350 H.:—[[hard fat]], [[suet]], such as ruminating animals have, opp. [[πιμελή]] (soft fat), <b class="b3">ἐκ δὲ στέατος ἔνεικε μέγαν τροχόν</b> a large cake of [[suet]], Od.21.178; οὔτε πιμελὴν οὔτε στέαρ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''651a26; τὸ τῶν ἰχθύων σ. πιμελῶδες Id.''HA''520a21, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[animal fat]], σ. τῆς ἄρκτου [[Theophrastus]] ''De Odoribus'' 63; σ. δελφίνων X.''An.''5.4.28; freq. in [[LXX]] (''Le.''3.15,16,17, al.); also ''PRev.Laws'' 50.14 (iii B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.'' Il.cc.; so <b class="b3">σ. χήνειον, ὀρνίθειον</b>, etc., Dsc.2.76.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[σταῖς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[dough made from flour of spelt]], Hp.''Nat.Mul.''27 (but [[σταῖς]] is prob. l.), Arist.''Pr.''879a10, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.20.2, [[LXX]] ''Ps.''80(81).17, al., Str.17.2.5 (citing [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.36, where [[σταῖς]] is in our text). [Gen. [[στέατος]] disyll., Od. [[l.c.]]; στέᾱτι trisyll., Diph.119; cf. [[στεάτιον]].] (Prob. fr. *στᾱ[[y]]αρ, cf. Skt. styāyate 'congeal, grow hard'.)