music, Arist.
II. stavsimon (with or without mevlo" ), in Tragedy, a regular song of the Chorus, prob. so named because it was not sung till the chorus had taken its stand in the orchestra.
stavsi"
stavsi" »a±1/4, ew", hJ , ( sth`nai ) a standing, the posture of standing, Aesch ., Plat.
2. a position, posture. post, station, Hdt ., Eur. ; th`" stavsew" parasuvrwn ta;" dru`" tearing the oaks from their ground, Ar.
3.
a point of the compass,
hJ st. th`" mesambrivh"
Hdt.
4.
the position, state
or
condition
of a person,
Lat.
status
,
Plat.
II.
a party, company, band,
Aesch
.:
a sect
of philosophers,
Plut.
III.
esp.
a party formed for seditious purposes, a faction,
Solon,
Hdt.
,
Att.
2.
sedition, discord,
Hdt
.,
Att.
;
stavsin poiei`sqai
Isocr
.;
povlin eij" stavsin ejmbavllein
Xen.
stasiwvdh"
sta±si-wvdh" , e" , factious, Arist .: quarrelsome, Xen.
stasiwrov"
sta±si-wrov" , oJ , ( w[ra ) watcher of the station or fold, Eur.
stasiwteiva
sta±siwteiva , hJ , a state of faction, Plat. From stasiwvth"
stasiwvth"
sta±siwvth" , ou, oJ , ( stavsi" ) mostly in pl. the members of a party or faction, partisans, Hdt ., Att. Hence stasiwtikov"
stasiwtikov"
sta±siwtikov" , hv, ovn , factious, seditious, Thuc.
stavske
stavske , Ion. 3 sing. aor. 2 of i{sthmi .
stasw`
sta<Eth>sw` , Dor. for sthvsw , fut. of i{sthmi .
statevon
sta±tevon , verb. Adj. of i{sthmi , one must appoint, Plat.
stathvr
sta±thvr , h`ro", oJ , ( sth`nai ) a weight, = livtra : then a coin of various values:
1. the gold stater best known at Athens was the Persian, called stath;r Dareikov" or simply Dareikov" , Daric, from Darius Hystaspes, worth about l. 2s., Hdt ., Thuc. 2. later a silver stater was in use, = tetravdracmon , N.T. , Xen.
stativzw
sta±tivzw , poët. for i{sthmi , to place: Pass. = i{stamai , to stand, Eur .:—so also intr. in Act. , Id.