A.warp in the upright loom, “στήμονι δ᾽ ἐν παύρῳ πολλὴν κρόκα μηρύσασθαι” Hes.Op.538; “ἄττεσθαι” Hermipp.2; ἀκλώστους ς. Pl.Com.221; κρόκη καὶ ς. PLille 6.12 (iii B.C.); ξύλων . . στήμονα ἐχόντων τοὺς κάλους laths with the cords as their warp (so as to form mats), Apollod.Poliorc.169.7; cf. Pl.Plt.281a,282d, Cra.388b, Orph.Fr.33.
2. pl., in woodwork, dub. sens., of parts of a ceiling, Inscr.Délos 504 A 6,9,10 (iii B.C.).
II. thread, “ς. ἔνης α” Batr.183, cf. Ar.Lys.519, Men.892; “προσεμβαλόντες ς. καινόν” PCair.Zen.423.10 (iii B.C.), cf. 484.14 (dub. sens.); “στήμονος ἡμιμναῖον” PEnteux.31.4 (iii B.C.); “φαντασίαι . . οἷον τριχῶν ἢ κρόκης ἢ στήμονος” Gal.18(2).73; “οἱ ς. οἱ ἑψόμενοι” Thphr.Ign.43; ς. ἐξεσμένος, nickname of a very thin person, 'threadpaper', Ar.Fr. 728; strand in torsion engine, Ph.Bel.58.19: metaph., ἐκ σαπροῦ κρεμάμενοι ς. Plu.Phoc.30.