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στήλη , Dor. στάλα , Aeol. στάλλα (q.v.), ,
A.block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall, “στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεονIl.12.259; block of rock-crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased, Hdt.3.24: generally, block or base, “κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήληςIG12.256.5; “μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς ς. ἐφ᾽ ἐστιν στρατηγὸς χαλκοῦςAnd.1.38, cf. Thphr.Lap.25; ς. ξύλιναι, λέβητε ἀπὸ στηλῶν, IG12.314.130,133.
II. block or slab used as a memorial, monument:
3. post placed on mortgaged ground, as a record of the fact, Poll.3.85; cf. “στίζω3.
4. boundary-post, “στήλας ὁρίσασθαιX.An.7.5.13; στήλαις διαλαβεῖν τοὺς ὅρους Decr. ap. D.18.154; turning-post at the end of the racecourse, IG12.817, S.El.720,744, X.Smp.4.6: hence “περὶ στήλην διαφθείρεσθαιLys.Fr.1.4.
5. for Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήϊαι, v. Ἡράκλειος, and cf. Str.3.5.5; so ς. Διονύσου mountains in India marking the limits of the progress of Dionysus, D.P.623, cf. 1164. (Written στήλλη in some late Inscrr., CIG3627.1 (Ilium), 3982.18 (Philomelium), al.)
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