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σταθμός , , in Trag., etc., with heterocl. pl. σταθμά, S.Ph.489, OT 1139, E.HF999, X.Eq.4.3, etc.; σταθμοί however occurs not only in Hom. (v. infr.), but in E.Andr.280, Or.1474 (both lyr.):—
A.standing-place for animals, farmstead, steading, τὼ μὲν (the lions) “ἄρ᾽, ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετονIl.5.557, cf. 12.304; “κατὰ σταθμοὺς δύεται5.140; “κατὰ ς. ποιμνήϊον2.470; “σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ19.377, cf. Hes.Th.294; sts. including the human dwelling, Od.14.504; of a swineherd's steading, ib.32; of a sheepstation, Il.5.140, 18.589, cf. E.Rh.293; of the stable of the griffin of Oceanus, A.Pr.398; of a deer's lair, Arist.HA578b21, 611a20.
2. of men, dwelling, abode, Pi.O.5.10 (pl.), P.4.76 (pl.); “ἈΐδαId.O.10 (11).92; “οὐρανοῦId.I.7(6).45; “Εὐβοίας σταθμάS.Ph.489, cf. PCair.Zen.344.2 (iii B.C.), BGU1185.13 (i B.C.), etc.
3. quarters, lodgings for travellers or soldiers, Hdt.7.119, X.An.1.8.1, al., SIG880.15 (Pizus, iii A.D.), etc.; soldier's billet, PStrassb.92.4 (iii B.C.), etc.
4. quarter of a town, PRyl.102.8 (ii A.D.).
5. in Persia, of stations or stages on the royal road, where the king rested in travelling, “ς. βασιλήϊοιHdt.5.52, cf. 6.119, Plu.Art.25: hence in reference to Persia, of distances, a day's march (about 5 parasangs or 150 stades), X.An.1.2.10; posting-station in the desert, “ς. καὶ φρούριαOGI701.13 (Egypt, ii A.D., pl.).
6. station for ships, E.Rh.43 (lyr.), Lyc. 290.
II. upright standing-post, freq. in Hom.; sts. of the bearing pillar of the roof, “παρὰ σταθμὸν τέγεοςOd.1.333, 8.458, 18.209; “παρὰ ς. μεγάροιο17.96, cf. 22.120,257: in pl., E.IT49; also doorpost, Od.4.838, 17.340: pl., “ἀργύρεοι ς. ἐν χαλκέῳ ἕστασαν οὐδῷ7.89, cf. 10.62, Il.14.167, Hdt.1.179, S.El.1331, E.Or.1474 (lyr.): later, pl. σταθμά in this sense, Id.HF999, Ar.Ach.449, IG22.1672.70, 173, 42(1).103.94 (Epid., iv B.C.); “ς. θυράωνTheoc.24.15: σταθμός alone, = threshold, door, LXX4 Ki.12.9, al.
3. fixed standard of health, Hp.VM 9, Steril.230.
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