στάδιον
στάδιον [ᾰ], Argive
σπάδιον (q.v.),
τό: pl.
στάδια and heterocl.
στάδιοι;
Hdt. uses both,
A). στάδιοι 1.26 ,
2.149 ,
158 , al.,
στάδια 4.101 ,
5.53 ,
9.23 , al.; so
Th. in the same chapter (
7.78 ) has
στάδια once and
σταδίους twice;
στάδια E. Ion 497 (lyr.),
Ar. Av. 6 ,
Antiph. 100 ,
Pl. Phdr. 229c ;
στάδιοι Ar. Ra. 1319 ,
Pl. Criti. 113c ,
117e ,
PCair.Zen. 388.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; the sg. masc. is not found:
I). as a standard of length,
stade,=
100 ὀργυιαί or
6 πλέθρα (
Hdt. 2.149 ), i.e.
600 Greek,
606 3 /
4 English feet, about
1 /
8 of a Roman mile,
Plb. 3.39.8 ,
34.12.4 , cf.
Plin. HN 2.85 ,
Hero *Deff. 131 ; a longer
stade, of which there were
7 1 /
2 in a Roman mile, is implied by
D.C. 52.21 .
2). metaph.,
ἑκατὸν σταδίοισιν ἄριστος 'best by a hundred miles',
Ar. Nu. 430 ;
πλεῖν ἢ σταδίῳ λαλίστερα Id. Ra. 91 .
II). race-course, IG 22.677.3 , etc. (because the most noted, that of Olympia, was exactly a stade long): prop.
a single course, opp.
δίαυλος,
Pi. O. 13.37 ,
IG 22.2313.23 ,
SIG 1067.9 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), etc.;
σταδίου δρόμος Pi. O. 13.30 ;
γυμνὸν ς., opp.
ὁπλίτης δρόμος,
Id. P. 11.49 ;
ὠκύτερον σταδίου Thgn. 1306 ;
ἀγωνίζεσθαι ς. run a
race,
Hdt. 5.22 ;
ἁμιλλᾶσθαι Pl. Lg. 833a ;
νικᾶν X. HG 1.2.1 , cf.
Pi. N. 8.16 ;
ἀσκεῖν Pl. Thg. 128e ; of the building,
IG 22.351.16 ,
677.3 ,
PRyl. 93.16 (iii A.D.), etc.;
ἐν σταδίοις, i.e. in the amphitheatre,
CIG 4377 (Sagalassos).
2). any area, e.g. for dancing,
E. Ion 497 (lyr.);
ξύλινον ς., of a board for playing
πεσσοί,
AP 15.18 .
3). walk in a garden, IG 14.1853 (pl.).
ShortDef
a stade, = ca. 600 feet
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Headword (normalized):
στάδιον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σταδιον
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">στάδιον</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span>, Argive <span class="orth greek">σπάδιον</span> (q.v.), <span class="gen greek">τό</span>: pl. <span class="foreign greek">στάδια</span> and heterocl. <span class="foreign greek">στάδιοι</span>; <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> uses both, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">στάδιοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.26/canonical-url/"> 1.26 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.149/canonical-url/"> 2.149 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> 158 </a>, al., <span class="quote greek">στάδια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.101/canonical-url/"> 4.101 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.53/canonical-url/"> 5.53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.23/canonical-url/"> 9.23 </a>, al.; so <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> </span> in the same chapter (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.78/canonical-url/"> 7.78 </a>) has <span class="foreign greek">στάδια</span> once and <span class="foreign greek">σταδίους</span> twice; <span class="quote greek">στάδια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:497" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:497/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 497 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 100 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 229c </a>; <span class="quote greek">στάδιοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1319" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1319/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1319 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 113c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:117e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:117e/canonical-url/"> 117e </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 388.6 </span> (iii B.C.), etc.; the sg. masc. is not found: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> as a standard of length, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stade</span>,= <span class="bibl"> 100 </span> <span class="foreign greek">ὀργυιαί</span> or <span class="bibl"> 6 </span> <span class="foreign greek">πλέθρα</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.149 </a>), i.e. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:600" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:600/canonical-url/"> 600 </a> Greek, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:606" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:606/canonical-url/"> 606 </a> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>/<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> 4 </a> English feet, about <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>/<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> 8 </a> of a Roman mile, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.39.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:34:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:34:12:4/canonical-url/"> 34.12.4 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:2:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:2.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 2.85 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">*Deff.</span> <span class="bibl"> 131 </span>; a longer <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stade</span>, of which there were <span class="bibl"> 7 </span> <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>/<span class="bibl"> 2 </span> in a Roman mile, is implied by <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:52:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:52.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 52.21 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἑκατὸν σταδίοισιν ἄριστος</span> \'best by a hundred miles\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:430" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:430/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 430 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἢ σταδίῳ λαλίστερα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 91 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race-course,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.677.3 </span>, etc. (because the most noted, that of Olympia, was exactly a stade long): prop. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a single course</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">δίαυλος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.37 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.2313.23 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1067.9 </span> (Rhodes, ii B.C.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">σταδίου δρόμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.30 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γυμνὸν ς</span>., opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὁπλίτης δρόμος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.49 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὠκύτερον σταδίου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1306 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀγωνίζεσθαι ς</span>. run a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἁμιλλᾶσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:833a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:833a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 833a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νικᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 1.2.1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.16 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀσκεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg017:128e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg017:128e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Thg.</span> 128e </a> ; of the building, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.351.16 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 677.3 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 93.16 </span> (iii A.D.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν σταδίοις</span>, i.e. in the amphitheatre, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 4377 </span> (Sagalassos). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">any area</span>, e.g. for dancing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:497" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:497/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 497 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ξύλινον ς</span>., of a board for playing <span class="foreign greek">πεσσοί</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 15.18 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">walk</span> in a garden, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1853 </span> (pl.).</div> </div><br><br>'}