στάδιος

stadios

standing fast and firm

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7241
Book 13 3
Chapter ?

13314
13514
13713
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15283

Dictionary (LSJ)

στάδιος [ᾰ], α, ον, (ἵστημι) A. standing fast and firm, σ. ὑσμίνη close fight, fought hand to hand, Il. 13.314,713, cf. Th. 4.38; ἐνὶ σταδίῃ (sc. ὑσμίνῃ) Il. 7.241, cf. 13.514; ἡ σ. μάχη Ath. 6.273f, cf. σταδαῖος; [πῖδαξ] σταδίη μένει, of a spring from which no water flows, Opp. C. 4.326. 2. firm, fixed, θάλαμοι Pi. O. 5.13: τὸ σ. immobility, D.C. 39.43. 3. standing upright or straight, σ. χιτών,= ὀρθοστάδιον, an ungirt tunic hanging in straight plaits, Call. Fr. 59, cf. στατός; θώραξ σ. a stiff breastplate, plate-armour, opp. στρεπτός or ἁλυσιδωτός, A.R. 3.1226 (v. Sch.). II. (ἵστημι A.IV) weighed, Nic. Al. 402 (στήδην cj. Bentley).

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