στήλη
στήλη, Dor.
στάλα, Aeol.
στάλλα (q.v.),
ἡ,
A). block of stone used as a
prop or
buttress to a wall,
στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεον Il. 12.259 ;
block of rock-crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased,
Hdt. 3.24 : generally,
block or
base,
κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήλης IG 12.256.5 ;
μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς ς. ἐφ’ ᾗ ἐστιν ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ χαλκοῦς And. 1.38 , cf.
Thphr. Lap. 25 ;
ς. ξύλιναι, λέβητε ἀπὸ στηλῶν,
IG 12.314.130 ,
133 .
II). block or slab used as a memorial, monument:
2). monument 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 12.13.18 ;
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
record itself,
contract, agreement,
στήλας ἀναγράψαι Lys. 30.21 ;
κατὰ τὴν ς. according to the
agreement,
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 .
3). post placed on mortgaged ground, as a record of the fact,
Poll. 3.85 ; cf.
στίζω 3 .
5). for
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.)
ShortDef
a block of stone
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Headword (normalized):
στήλη
Headword (normalized/stripped):
στηλη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">στήλη</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">στάλα</span>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">στάλλα</span> (q.v.), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">block of stone</span> used as a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prop</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">buttress</span> to a wall, <span class="quote greek">στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:259" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.259/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.259 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">block</span> of rock-crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.24 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">block</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span>, <span class="quote greek">κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήλης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.256.5 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς ς. ἐφ’ ᾗ ἐστιν ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ χαλκοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.38 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lap.</span> 25 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ξύλιναι, λέβητε ἀπὸ στηλῶν</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.314.130 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 133 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">block</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slab</span> used as a memorial, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monument</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gravestone</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:371" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.371/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.371 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:457" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.457/canonical-url/"> 16.457 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hippon.</span> 15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 183 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὥς τε ς. μένει ἔμπεδον, ἥ τ’ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἑστήκῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:434" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.434/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.434 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὥς τε στήλην ἀτρέμας ἑσταότα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.437/canonical-url/"> 13.437 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.93 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐ στηλῶν μόνον .. ἐπιγραφή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.43 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μήτε στήλαις μήτε ὀνόμασι δηλοῦντας τοὺς τάφους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:873d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:873d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 873d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">στάλαν θέμεν Παρίου λίθου λευκοτέραν</span> (metaph. of a poet) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.81 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monument</span> inscribed with record of victories, dedications, votes of thanks, treaties, laws, decrees, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.102 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> 106 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.87/canonical-url/"> 4.87 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:727/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 727 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.56 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">στήλη λιθίνη, χαλκῆ</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> 47 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.13.18 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τί βεβούλευται περὶ τῶν σπονδῶν ἐν τῇ ς. παραγράψαι</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:513" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:513/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 513 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰς θυσίας τὰς ἐκ τῶν κύρβεων καὶ τῶν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg030.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg030.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 30.17 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.96 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> 3.34 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν στήλῃ ἀναγραφῆναι</span>, whether for honour, as in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.14 </a>; or for infamy, as in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.51 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 9.41 </a>, etc. (cf. <span class="foreign greek">στηλίτης, στηλιτεύω</span>):—also the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">record</span> itself, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contract, agreement</span>, <span class="quote greek">στήλας ἀναγράψαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg030.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg030.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 30.21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ τὴν ς</span>. according to the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">agreement</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1051" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1051/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1051 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg016.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg016.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 16.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μάτην ἐν ταῖς ς. ἐστίν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.176 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῆς ς. τὰ ἀντίγραφα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.127 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">παραβῆναι τὰς ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:8:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 24.8.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">post placed on mortgaged ground</span>, as a record of the fact, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 3.85 </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">στίζω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">boundary-post</span>, <span class="quote greek">στήλας ὁρίσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:5:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:5:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.5.13 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">στήλαις διαλαβεῖν τοὺς ὅρους</span> Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:154/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.154 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turning-post</span> at the end of the racecourse, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.817 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:720" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:720/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 720 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:744" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:744/canonical-url/"> 744 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.6 </a>: hence <span class="quote greek">περὶ στήλην διαφθείρεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> for <span class="foreign greek">Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήϊαι</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">Ἡράκλειος</span> , and cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 3.5.5 </a>; so <span class="foreign greek">ς. Διονύσου</span> mountains in India marking the limits of the progress of Dionysus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:623" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:623/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.P.</span> 623 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:1164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:1164/canonical-url/"> 1164 </a>. (Written <span class="foreign greek">στήλλη</span> in some late Inscrr., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 3627.1 </span> (Ilium), <span class="bibl"> 3982.18 </span> (Philomelium), al.)</div> </div><br><br>'}