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  "headword": "στήλη",
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          "definition": "<i>block of stone</i> used as a <i>prop</i> or <i>buttress</i> to a wall, στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεον Il. 12.259; <i>block</i> of rock-crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased, Hdt. 3.24: generally, <i>block</i> or <i>base,</i> κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήλης IG 1(2).256.5; μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς σ. ἐφʼ ᾗ ἐστιν ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ χαλκοῦς And. 1.38, cf. Thphr. Lap. 25; σ. ξύλιναι, λέβητε ἀπὸ στηλῶν, IG 1(2).314.130, 133.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεον",
                "ref": "Il. 12.259",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήλης",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς σ. ἐφʼ ᾗ ἐστιν ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ χαλκοῦς",
                "ref": "And. 1.38",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc2:38"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>block</i> or <i>slab</i> used as a memorial, <i>monument</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>gravestone,</i> Il. 11.371, 16.457, Od. 12.14, Hippon. 15, Simon. 183; ὥς τε σ. μένει ἔμπεδον, ἥ τʼ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἑστήκῃ Il. 17.434; ὥς τε στήλην ἀτρέμας ἑσταότα 13.437; στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων Th. 1.93; οὐ στηλῶν μόνον . . ἐπιγραφή Id. 2.43; μήτε στήλαις μήτε ὀνόμασι δηλοῦντας τοὺς τάφους Pl. Lg. 873d; στάλαν θέμεν Παρίου λίθου λευκοτέραν (metaph. of a poet) Pi. N. 4.81.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὥς τε σ. μένει ἔμπεδον, ἥ τʼ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἑστήκῃ",
                        "ref": "Il. 17.434",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.434"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128291",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὥς τε στήλην ἀτρέμας ἑσταότα",
                        "ref": "13.437",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128292",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.93",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.93"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128293",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐ στηλῶν μόνον . . ἐπιγραφή",
                        "ref": "Id. 2.43",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.43"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128294",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μήτε στήλαις μήτε ὀνόμασι δηλοῦντας τοὺς τάφους",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 873d",
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                    }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>monument</i> inscribed with record of victories, dedications, votes of thanks, treaties, laws, decrees, etc., Hdt. 2.102, 106, 4.87, Ar. Ach. 727, Th. 5.56; στήλη λιθίνη, χαλκῆ, ib. 47, IG 1(2).13.18; τί βεβούλευται περὶ τῶν σπονδῶν ἐν τῇ σ. παραγράψαι; Ar. Lys. 513; τὰς θυσίας τὰς ἐκ τῶν κύρβεων καὶ τῶν σ. Lys. 30.17, cf. And. 1.96, 3.34; ἐν στήλῃ ἀναγραφῆναι, whether for honour, as in Hdt. 6.14; or for infamy, as in And. 1.51, cf. D. 9.41, etc. (cf. στηλίτης, στηλιτεύω):—also the <i>record</i> itself, <i>contract, agreement,</i> στήλας ἀναγράψαι Lys. 30.21; κατὰ τὴν σ. according to the <i>agreement,</i> Ar. Av. 1051; σ. αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους D. 16.27; μάτην ἐν ταῖς σ. ἐστίν Isoc. 4.176; τῆς σ. τὰ ἀντίγραφα D. 20.127; παραβῆναι τὰς σ. Plb. 24.8.4.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στήλας ἀναγράψαι",
                        "ref": "Lys. 30.21",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg030.perseus-grc2:21"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128296",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους",
                        "ref": "D. 16.27",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg016.perseus-grc2:27"
                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μάτην ἐν ταῖς σ. ἐστίν",
                        "ref": "Isoc. 4.176",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc2:176"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-128298",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῆς σ. τὰ ἀντίγραφα",
                        "ref": "D. 20.127",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc2:127"
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>post placed on mortgaged ground,</i> as a record of the fact, Poll. 3.85; cf. στίζω 3.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>boundary-post,</i> στήλας ὁρίσασθαι X. An. 7.5.13; στήλαις διαλαβεῖν τοὺς ὅρους Decr. ap. D. 18.154; <i>turning-post</i> at the end of the racecourse, IG 1(2).817, S. El. 720, 744, X. Smp. 4.6: hence περὶ στήλην διαφθείρεσθαι Lys. Fr. 1.4.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στήλας ὁρίσασθαι",
                        "ref": "X. An. 7.5.13",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "περὶ στήλην διαφθείρεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Lys. Fr. 1.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036.perseus-grc2:1.4"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήϊαι, v. Ἡράκλειος, and cf. Str. 3.5.5; so σ. Διονύσου mountains in India marking the limits of the progress of Dionysus, D.P. 623, cf. 1164. (Written στήλλη in some late Inscrr., CIG 3627.1 ( Ilium), 3982.18 ( Philomelium), al.)",
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