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|Definition=Dor. στάμων [ᾱ] <span class="title">AP</span>6.160.6 (Antip. Sid.), ονος<b class="b3">, ὁ</b>: (<b class="b3">ἵστημι</b>, cf. <b class="b3">στῆσαι τὸν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Poll.7.32</span>):—the <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">warp</b> in the upright loom, στήμονι δ' ἐν παύρῳ πολλὴν κρόκα μηρύσασθαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>538</span>; ἄττεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hermipp.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκλώστους σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.221</span>; <b class="b3">κρόκη καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span> 6.12</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ξύλων . . στήμονα ἐχόντων τοὺς κάλους</b> laths with the cords as their <b class="b2">warp</b> (so as to form mats), <span class="bibl">Apollod.<span class="title">Poliorc.</span>169.7</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>281a</span>,<span class="bibl">282d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>388b</span>, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., in woodwork, dub. sens., of parts of a ceiling, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 504 <span class="title">A</span> 6,9,10 (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">thread</b>, σ. ἔνης α <span class="bibl">Batr.183</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>519</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.892</span>; προσεμβαλόντες σ. καινόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>423.10</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">484.14</span> (dub. sens.); στήμονος ἡμιμναῖον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEnteux.</span>31.4</span> (iii B.C.); φαντασίαι . . οἷον τριχῶν ἢ κρόκης ἢ στήμονος Gal.18(2).73; οἱ σ. οἱ ἑψόμενοι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>43</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἐξεσμένος</b>, nickname of a very thin person, '<b class="b2">threadpaper</b>', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 728</span>; <b class="b2">strand</b> in torsion engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>58.19</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐκ σαπροῦ κρεμάμενοι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>30</span>.</span>

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