A.solid body, Hp.Flat.8, Anaxag. ap. Placit.2.25.9.
2. foundation or framework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, Arist.PA655a22; στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτου to strengthen it, Hero Bel.95.8: metaph., solid part, strength of an army, LXX 1 Ma.9.14; also, ratification, ἐπιστολῆς ib.Es.9.29; steadfastness, “τῆς πίστεως” Ep.Col.2.5.
3. = στεῖρα (of a ship), Thphr. HP5.7.3.