I. Act., checking, stopping, τὰ ς. τοῦ αἵματος styptics, Hp.Mul.2.110; of foods,= “στατικός” 1, Id.Vict.2.54,55.
II. Pass., brought to a stand, standing, stationary: of water, stagnant, Id.Aėr.7, X.Oec.20.11, Aen.Tact.8.4, etc.; -ώτατος ποταμῶν Id.Aër.15; ς. αἷμα Id.Acut.(Sp.9; ς. ὕδατα, opp. ῥυτά, Arist.Mete.353b19.
b. stable, steadfast, opp. ὑγρός and ῥοώδης, Hp.Mul.2.111, cf. Nat.Mul. 1, Diog.Apoll.5 (Comp.); τὸ ψυχρὸν ἔοικε ς. εἶναι, opp. κινητικόν, Plu.2.945f; “ς. κίνησις” Pl.Sph.256b, cf. Tht.180b, Arist.GA717a30 (Comp.); “πνεῦμα” Thphr.CP5.12.11; “βίος” BCH51.148 (Salamis Cypr.); ς. ἄστρα fixed, Poll.4.156; ς. ὄργανα defined in Orib.49.2.6. Adv. “-μως” Hp.Acut.29: Comp. “-ωτέρως” Pl.Ti.55e.
2. of men, steadfast, steady, φύσεις κόσμιοι καὶ ς. Id.R.539d; “τὰ ς. γένη ἐξίσταται εἰς νωθρότητα” Arist. Rh.1390b30; “φρόνιμος καὶ ς. ἄνθρωπος” Plb.27.15.10; -ώτερος, opp. τολμηρότερος, Id.21.7.5: τὸ ς. steadiness, Id.6.58.13; τὸ ς. τῆς ἵππου the heavy cavalry, Id.3.65.6; “οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν” Id.15.16.4.
3. of music, “ἡ Δωριστὶ -ωτάτη καὶ μάλιστα ἦθος ἔχουσα ἀνδρεῖον” Arist.Pol.1342b13, cf. 1340b9, Pr.922b15; μέτρον -ώτατον, of heroic verse, Id.Po.1459b34; λέξις ς. Id.EN1125a14:—but,
b. στάσιμον, τό, in Tragedy, choral song, distd. by Aristotle fr. πάροδος and defined as μέλος χοροῦ τὸ ἄνευ ἀναπαίστου καὶ τροχαίου, Po. 1452b23, cf. S.E.M.6.17, Poll.4.53, Ath.13.592b; expld. as sung by the chorus when stationary, ς. μέλος ὃ ᾁδουσιν ἱστάμενοι οἱ χορευταί Sch. Ar.Ra.1314, cf. Arg.A.Pers., Sch.Ar.V.270, Sch.S.Tr.216, EM690.49, 725.2; cf. στάδην.