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στόλος , , (στέλλω)
2. generally, journey or (oftener) voyage, οἴκαδε ς. S.Ph.499; οὔ μοι μακρὸς εἰς Οἴτην ς. ib.490; “ς. ποιεῖσθαιX.An.1.3.16; “πλεῦσαιS.Ph.1037; ἰδίῳ ς. in a journey privately undertaken, on one's own account, opp. δημοσίῳ ς., Hdt.5.63, cf. Th.8.9; κοινῷ ς. Hdt.6.39; ἐλευθέρῳ ς. with free course, Pi.P.8.98; πατρῷον στόλον (acc. cogn.) ἑσπόμην by my father's sending, S.Tr.562.
b. the purpose or cause of a journey, mission, errand, Id.OC358; τίνι ς. προσέσχες . .; πόθεν πλέων; where Neoptolemus answers ἐξ Ἰλίου . . ναυστολῶ, Id.Ph.244; “ δὲ ς. νῷν ἐστι παρὰ τὸν ΤηρέαAr.Av.46: metaph., “τρίτος ἡμῖν ς. ἐστὶ τοῦ λόγου ἐπὶ τὴν τέχνηνD.H.Rh.11.9.
c. equipment in concrete sense, “πραθέντος τοῦ στόλου εἰς βασίλειαIPE12.32A45 (Olbia, iii B.C.); ἱερὸς ς. sacred vestments, Milet.1(7).209 (iii A.D.).
3. armament, army, τὸν ἑπτάλογχον ς., of the Seven against Thebes, S.OC1305, cf. Tr.226,496, etc.; seaforce, fleet, Hdt.5.43; ς. χιλιοναύτης, of the expedition against Troy, A.Ag.45 (anap.), cf. 577; “ναυβάτῃ στόλῳS.Ph.270; οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ, i.e. in one ship, ib.547, cf. 561; νεῶν ς. Th.1.31; ς. ἀγείρειν ib. 9; “συναγείρεινHdt.1.4; “καταλύεινId.7.16.β́: generally, party, band, troop, freq. in A.Supp., 28 (anap.), 187, al.; “παίδων, γυναικῶν, καὶ ς. πρεσβυτίδωνId.Eu.1027, cf. 856 (pl.); νοσεῖ δέ μοι πρόπας ς. all the people, S.OT170 (lyr.); guild, “ ς. τῶν σωληνοκεντῶνOGI756.5 (Milet.).
4. παγκρατίου ς., periphr. for παγκράτιον, Pi.N.3.17; λόγου ς. a set narrative, Emp.17.26.
II. appendage, excrescence, “ς. ὀμφαλώδηςArist.GA752b6; stump of the tail, in animals, Id.PA 658a33; σμικροῦ γ᾽ ἕνεκεν [κέρκου] ἔχουσί τινα στόλον ib.689b5.
2. a ship's prow, Pi.P.2.62; plated with brass, χαλκήρης ς. A.Pers. 408, cf. E.IT1135 (lyr.), Trag.Adesp.272 (pl.); δώδεκα ς. ναῶν f.l. for δωδεκάστολοι νᾶες, Ps.-E.IA277 (lyr.); δρυοπαγὴς ς.,= πάσσαλος, S.Fr.702.
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