A.standing fast, firm, fixed, γαῖα, opp. ἄστατος, Opp.C.2.412; of the sea, calm, still, “ς. χεῦμα” A.Fr.276; “βύθος” D.H.1.71; σταθερῆς (sc. θαλάσσης) AP10.17 (Antiphil.), cf. 7.393 (Diocl., dub. sens.), Poll.1.106; ς. ὕδωρ stagnant, App.Pun.99; ς. μέλαν, of ink, AP6.66 (Paul. Sil.).
2. ς. μεσημβρία high noon, when the sun as it were stands still in the meridian, Pl.Phdr.242a; ς. ἦμαρ mid-day, A.R.1.450; “νυκτὸς τὸ-ώτατον” Eun.VS p.485 B.; θέρος ς. mid-summer, Antim.95.
3. steady, settled, of weather, ἀὴρ εὔδιος καὶ ς. D.H.Dem.7; εὐδία ς. Plu.Dio 38, cf. M.Ant.12.22; “οὐ ς. φῶς οὐδ᾽ ἠρεμοῦν” Plu.2.934e.
4. metaph., “ς. κάλυξ ἥβης” Ar.Fr.467; “ς. ἡλικία” J.BJ3.1.3; “ἡ ἀρετὴ ς. τι” AP10.74 (Paul. Sil.); “σαοφροσύνη” IG3.776; ς. βάδισμα, βλέμμα, Ph.2.267, 26; “ἀνάληψις” Id.1.179 (Sup.); of speech, calm, deliberate, τὸ βραδὺ καὶ ς. D.H.Comp.23.
5. not used, properly, of persons, Phryn.189, Thom.Mag.p.110 R., but v. EM277.49.