Plato Greek Lexicon στήμων

στήμων

stemon

warp

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

στήμων, Dor. στάμων [ᾱ] AP 6.160.6 (Antip. Sid.), ονος, ὁ: (ἵστημι, cf. στῆσαι τὸν σ. Poll. 7.32):—the A. warp in the upright loom, στήμονι δʼ ἐν παύρῳ πολλὴν κρόκα μηρύσασθαι Hes. Op. 538; ἄττεσθαι Hermipp. 2; ἀκλώστους σ. Pl.Com. 221; κρόκη καὶ σ. PLille 6.12 (iii B.C.); ξύλων . . στήμονα ἐχόντων τοὺς κάλους laths with the cords as their warp (so as to form mats), Apollod. Poliorc. 169.7; cf. Pl. Plt. 281a,282d, Cra. 388b, Orph. Fr. 33. 2. pl., in woodwork, dub. sens., of parts of a ceiling, Inscr.Délos 504 A 6,9,10 (iii B.C.). II. thread, σ. ἔνης α Batr. 183, cf. Ar. Lys. 519, Men. 892; προσεμβαλόντες σ. καινόν PCair.Zen. 423.10 (iii B.C.), cf. 484.14 (dub. sens.); στήμονος ἡμιμναῖον PEnteux. 31.4 (iii B.C.); φαντασίαι . . οἷον τριχῶν ἢ κρόκης ἢ στήμονος Gal. 18(2).73; οἱ σ. οἱ ἑψόμενοι Thphr. Ign. 43; σ. ἐξεσμένος, nickname of a very thin person, ‘threadpaper’, Ar. Fr. 728; strand in torsion engine, Ph. Bel. 58.19: metaph., ἐκ σαπροῦ κρεμάμενοι σ. Plu. Phoc. 30.
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