2. mathematical point, Arist.Top.108b26, EN1174b12, de An.427a10, al., Apollod.Stoic.3.259; ὅσον ς. αἱματίνη 'a speck of blood', Arist.HA 561a11.
3. metaph. of anything very small, jot, tittle, “εἴ γ᾽ εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων” D.21.115, cf. Men.1067; of time, Simon. 196, LXX Is.29.5; ἐν ς. χρόνου in a moment, Ev.Luc.4.5; “ς. χρόνου ὁ βίος” Plu.2.13a, cf. AP7.472 (Leon.); ἐν ς. without χρόνου, Vett.Val.131.4; στιγμῇ καιρου̂ͅ,= puncto temporis, Gloss.