stone
stone
subs.
P. and V. λί̆θος, ὁ, V. πέτρος, ὁ (rare P.).
Hurling upon his head a stone that would fill a waggon: V. λᾶαν ἐμβαλὼν κάρᾳ ἁμαξοπληθῆ (Eur. Phoen. 1157).
Stone for throwing: also V. χερμά̆ς, ἡ ;
Round stone for rolling on to an enemy: P. ὀλοίτροχος, ὁ (Xen.).
Stone for building: P. and V. λί̆θος, ὁ.
Collect stones for building, v.: P. λιθοφορεῖν.
Precious stone: Ar. and P. λί̆θος, ὁ or ἡ, P. λιθίδιον, τό ; see jewel.
Whetstone: see whetstone.
Leave no stone unturned: V. πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον (Eur. Heracl. 1002), P. use πᾶν ποιεῖν (Plat. Ap. 39a).
Stone of fruit: P. πυρήν, ὁ (Hdt.).
Memorial stone: Ar. and P. στήλη, ἡ.
Suffer from stone (in medical sense), v.: P. λιθιᾶν.
subs.
P. and V. λί̆θος, ὁ, V. πέτρος, ὁ (rare P.).
Hurling upon his head a stone that would fill a waggon: V. λᾶαν ἐμβαλὼν κάρᾳ ἁμαξοπληθῆ (Eur. Phoen. 1157).
Stone for throwing: also V. χερμά̆ς, ἡ ;
Round stone for rolling on to an enemy: P. ὀλοίτροχος, ὁ (Xen.).
Stone for building: P. and V. λί̆θος, ὁ.
Collect stones for building, v.: P. λιθοφορεῖν.
Precious stone: Ar. and P. λί̆θος, ὁ or ἡ, P. λιθίδιον, τό ; see jewel.
Whetstone: see whetstone.
Leave no stone unturned: V. πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον (Eur. Heracl. 1002), P. use πᾶν ποιεῖν (Plat. Ap. 39a).
Stone of fruit: P. πυρήν, ὁ (Hdt.).
Memorial stone: Ar. and P. στήλη, ἡ.
Suffer from stone (in medical sense), v.: P. λιθιᾶν.
stone
adj.
Made of stone: Ar. and P. λί̆θῐνος, V. πετραῖος, πετρώδης, πέτρῐνος, λά̄ῐνος.
Roofed with stone: V. πετρηρεφής.
Paved with stone: V. λῐθόστρωτος.
adj.
Made of stone: Ar. and P. λί̆θῐνος, V. πετραῖος, πετρώδης, πέτρῐνος, λά̄ῐνος.
Roofed with stone: V. πετρηρεφής.
Paved with stone: V. λῐθόστρωτος.
stone
v. trans.
P. and V. λεύειν, Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰλεύειν, P. καταλιθοῦν.
Be stoned also: V. πετροῦσθαι.
Stone (fruit): Ar. and V. κοκκίζειν (Ar. Frag. and Aesch. Frag.).
v. trans.
P. and V. λεύειν, Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰλεύειν, P. καταλιθοῦν.
Be stoned also: V. πετροῦσθαι.
Stone (fruit): Ar. and V. κοκκίζειν (Ar. Frag. and Aesch. Frag.).
STONE
s. lapis (general term): lapillus (a small stone): saxum (a large stone): gemma (a precious stone): silex (flint) (cotes is a whet-stone): os ossis: granum (in fruit): saxum sectile lapis sectilis (free-stone): pumex (pumice-stone): magnes (lapis) (a load-stone): Full of stones lapidosus: granosus (of stones in fruit). To clear (a field) of stones elapidare agrum. A heap of stones acervus lapidum; lapides in unum locum congesti (☞ not congestus lapidum): stone’s throw lapidum conjectus. Set with (precious) stones gemmatus: gemmis distinctus: to turn to stone lapidescere: in lapidem (in saxum) verti.
In the human body calculus (as a disease): to cut for the stone alicui calculos excidere: to cure of the stone alicui calculos pellere discutere or curare: alicui lapillum ejicere. Proverbially Not to leave one stone upon another domum or urbem diruere atque evertere solo aequare or adaequare. To kill two birds with one stone de eadem fidelia duos parietes dealbare (= to dispatch two things at once; Curio ap. Cic. ad Fam. 7 29 extr.): una mercede duas res assequi or uno saltu duos apros capere (= to obtain a double advantage with one effort; Cic. Rosc.Am. 29 80; Plaut. Cas. 2 8 40). Not to leave a stone unturned nil intentatum linquere (Hor. A.P. 235); nihil inexpertum omittere (Curt. 3 6 14); omnia experiri (Ter.); nihil reliqui facere (Tac.); nihil sibi reliqui facere (Caes.).
A certain weight *octo (or quatuordecim as the case may be) librae pondo.
s. lapis (general term): lapillus (a small stone): saxum (a large stone): gemma (a precious stone): silex (flint) (cotes is a whet-stone): os ossis: granum (in fruit): saxum sectile lapis sectilis (free-stone): pumex (pumice-stone): magnes (lapis) (a load-stone): Full of stones lapidosus: granosus (of stones in fruit). To clear (a field) of stones elapidare agrum. A heap of stones acervus lapidum; lapides in unum locum congesti (☞ not congestus lapidum): stone’s throw lapidum conjectus. Set with (precious) stones gemmatus: gemmis distinctus: to turn to stone lapidescere: in lapidem (in saxum) verti.
In the human body calculus (as a disease): to cut for the stone alicui calculos excidere: to cure of the stone alicui calculos pellere discutere or curare: alicui lapillum ejicere. Proverbially Not to leave one stone upon another domum or urbem diruere atque evertere solo aequare or adaequare. To kill two birds with one stone de eadem fidelia duos parietes dealbare (= to dispatch two things at once; Curio ap. Cic. ad Fam. 7 29 extr.): una mercede duas res assequi or uno saltu duos apros capere (= to obtain a double advantage with one effort; Cic. Rosc.Am. 29 80; Plaut. Cas. 2 8 40). Not to leave a stone unturned nil intentatum linquere (Hor. A.P. 235); nihil inexpertum omittere (Curt. 3 6 14); omnia experiri (Ter.); nihil reliqui facere (Tac.); nihil sibi reliqui facere (Caes.).
A certain weight *octo (or quatuordecim as the case may be) librae pondo.
v. To take away stones (agrum) elapidare.
To clean with a stone cote despumare (pavimentum)
To kill with stones lapides in aliquem conjicere: aliquem lapidibus co-operire (☞ not aliquem lapidibus obruere which was a false reading in Cic. Off. 3 11 48): ☞ aliquem lapidare is not found in the best prose which has only the impersonal lapidat usually with imbri or de caelo “it rains stones. “
To clean with a stone cote despumare (pavimentum)
To kill with stones lapides in aliquem conjicere: aliquem lapidibus co-operire (☞ not aliquem lapidibus obruere which was a false reading in Cic. Off. 3 11 48): ☞ aliquem lapidare is not found in the best prose which has only the impersonal lapidat usually with imbri or de caelo “it rains stones. “
stone (subs.):
I. In ordinary sense:
1. lăpis, ĭdis, m. (most gen. term, denoting either s. as a material, or a s.): s. suitable for grinding purposes, l. molaris, Quint. 2, 19, 3: Parian s. (i. e. marble), Parius l., Virg.: to fling s.s, lapides jacere, Cic.: Caes. Dimin. lăpillus (a small s.): Ov.: Plin.
2. saxum (usu. a large, rough s., a rock): s.s of enormous weight (to let fall from the walls of a besieged town), magni ponderis s., Caes. B. G. 2, 29: to roll the s.,i. e. of Sisyphus (toil in vain), s. volvere, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 55. Esp. note phr., saxum quadratum, s. squared or hewn into quadrangular blocks, Liv. 10, 23.
3. sĭlex, ĭcis, n. (flint s.): v.FLINT .
4. pūmex, ĭcis, m. (pumice-s.: also in gen. sense): Prov.: to squeeze blood (lit. water) from a s., aquam a p. postulare, Pl.
5. scrūpus (a small sharp s.): Petr. Phr.: made of s., lapideus, saxeus (v.STONE , adj.): there was a shower of s.s, de coelo lapidavit, Liv. 27, 37: imbri lapidavit, id. 43, 13: de coelo lapidatum est, id. 29, 14 (but also lapidibus pluit, 35, 9): to clear (ground) of s.s, elapidare, Plin.: to leave no s. unturned, omnia experiri, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11: cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15, omnia pertempto, omnia experior, πάντα denique λίθον κινῶ: (nihil) inexpertum relinquere, Curt. 3, 6 (nil ... intentatum linquere, Hor. A. P. 285 = to leave no form of composition unattempted): to draw tears from s.s, lapides flere ac lamentari cogere, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: to kill two birds with one s., perh. de eadem fidelia duos parietes dealbare (lit. to whitewash two walls from the same pail), Curius in Cic. Ep. 7, 29: less figuratively, una mercede duas res assequi, Cic. R. Am. 29, 80 (R. and A.).
II. A precious s.: gemma: v.GEM .
III. A calculous concretion in animal bodies:
1. calcŭlus: to remove a s., c. extrahere, Cels. 7, 26: to reduce and remove s. (by medicine), c. comminuere et ejicere, Plin. 20, 4, 13: to cut (for the s.), incidere (calculi extrahendi causa), Cels. l. c.: alicui calculos excidere (to remove by lithotomy), Kr. (e Plin.): to divide a s., (with the forceps, previous to extracting it), c. findere, Cels. l. c.
2. lăpillus (gravel: rare in this sense): Plin. Suffering from s., calculosus: Plin.
IV. The hard portion of fruit:
1. nūcleus: the s.s of olives, peaches, cherries, olivarum, persicorum, cerasorum n., Plin.
2. ŏs, ossis, n. (lit. bone): Suet. Cl. 8 (olearum ac palmularum ossa).
V.: A testicle: testis, is, m.: Plin.: Hor.
VI. A weight: quatuordecim pondo librae: v.POUND .
I. In ordinary sense:
1. lăpis, ĭdis, m. (most gen. term, denoting either s. as a material, or a s.): s. suitable for grinding purposes, l. molaris, Quint. 2, 19, 3: Parian s. (
2. saxum (usu. a large, rough s., a rock): s.s of enormous weight (to let fall from the walls of a besieged town), magni ponderis s., Caes. B. G. 2, 29: to roll the s.,
3. sĭlex, ĭcis, n. (flint s.): v.
4. pūmex, ĭcis, m. (pumice-s.: also in gen. sense): Prov.: to squeeze blood (
5. scrūpus (a small sharp s.): Petr. Phr.: made of s., lapideus, saxeus (v.
II. A precious s.: gemma: v.
III. A calculous concretion in animal bodies:
1. calcŭlus: to remove a s., c. extrahere, Cels. 7, 26: to reduce and remove s. (by medicine), c. comminuere et ejicere, Plin. 20, 4, 13: to cut (for the s.), incidere (calculi extrahendi causa), Cels. l. c.: alicui calculos excidere (to remove by lithotomy), Kr. (e Plin.): to divide a s., (with the forceps, previous to extracting it), c. findere, Cels. l. c.
2. lăpillus (gravel: rare in this sense): Plin. Suffering from s., calculosus: Plin.
IV. The hard portion of fruit:
1. nūcleus: the s.s of olives, peaches, cherries, olivarum, persicorum, cerasorum n., Plin.
2. ŏs, ossis, n. (lit. bone): Suet. Cl. 8 (olearum ac palmularum ossa).
V.: A testicle: testis, is, m.: Plin.: Hor.
VI. A weight: quatuordecim pondo librae: v.
stone (adj.):
1. lăpĭdeus (made of s.): a s. wall, murus l., Liv.: Plin.
2. lăpĭdārius (having to do with s.): v.STONE-QUARRY .
1. lăpĭdeus (made of s.): a s. wall, murus l., Liv.: Plin.
2. lăpĭdārius (having to do with s.): v.
stone (v.): i. e. to hurl s.s at:
1. expr. by phrr.: lapides in aliquem conjicere (R. and A.): to s. to death, aliquem lapidibus cooperire, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48: saxis obruere, Curt. (Kr.): lapidibus (saxis) conjectis necare, interficere.
2. lăpĭdo, 1 (a usage unknown to the best age): they began to stone him, l. eum coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22: Flor.. Vulg. pass. (N.B.--To be avoided.)
1. expr. by phrr.: lapides in aliquem conjicere (R. and A.): to s. to death, aliquem lapidibus cooperire, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48: saxis obruere, Curt. (Kr.): lapidibus (saxis) conjectis necare, interficere.
2. lăpĭdo, 1 (a usage unknown to the best age): they began to stone him, l. eum coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22: Flor.. Vulg. pass. (N.B.--To be avoided.)
λίθος
λίθος, λίθου, ὁ, stone
ψῆφος
ψῆφος, small stone, pebble (used in reckoning, in games, in voting); vote
βάσανος
the touch-stone
πέτρος
a stone
a grape-stone
γιγαρτώδης
like grape-stones
δρακοντίτης
dragon-stone
ζαμῆται
stone
κάλαϊς
a precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise
κίσηρις
the pumice-stone
καταλιθοβολέω
throw stones at, stone
κισηροειδής
like pumice-stone
κροκίας
saffron-coloured stone
κόλλωτες
stone
λίγυρος
a precious stone, jacinth
λαιαί
stones
λεύω
to stone
λιγύριον
a precious stone, jacinth
λιθάριον
stone
λιθεία
fine stone or marble; precious stones, jewelry
λιθικός
of or for stones, about stones
λιθοβολέω
to pelt with stones, stone
λυχνίτης
a precious stone of a red colour
λᾶας
stone
λᾶος
stone
μάρμαρος
stone
μέσσορος
boundary-stone
μυρρίτης
stone of the colour of myrtle-juice
νεμεσίτης
Nemesis-stone
νερανίτης
a precious stone
ξάνθη
a pale-coloured stone
πεντέλιθα
the five stones
πεσσός
an oval-shaped stone for playing a game like our draughts
πετρόω
to turn into stone, petrify; to stone
πλαταμών
a flat stone
πυρήν
the stone
πῶρος
tufa, a porous stone
σάρδης
a precious stone
σάρδιον
the Sardian stone, carnelian
σαρδώ
a precious stone, carnelian or sardine, sardium
σιδηροποίκιλος
a variegated stone
σκοπελίζω
plant boundary-stones
φελλάτας
stone
φυκῖτις
a precious stone
χάλιξ
a small stone, pebble
χαλκόφωνος
metallic-sounding stone
χελωνία
tortoise-stone
χερμάδιον
a large stone, a boulder
χερμάς
pebble, sling stone
χλωρῖτις
grass-green stone
ἀγήρατος2
stone
ἀγκυρίτης
anchor-stone
ἀετίτης
eagle-stone
ἄνθορος
corresponding boundary-stone
ἐπιγναφεῖον
angle-stone of a γεῖσον
ἐχίτης
stone
ἱερακίτης
stone of the colour of a hawk’s neck
ὁλοίτροχος
a rolling stone; boulder
ὕαλος
a clear, transparent stone
λίθος, λίθου, ὁ, stone
ψῆφος
ψῆφος, small stone, pebble (used in reckoning, in games, in voting); vote
βάσανος
the touch-stone
πέτρος
a stone
appearing fewer than 50 times
γίγαρτονa grape-stone
γιγαρτώδης
like grape-stones
δρακοντίτης
dragon-stone
ζαμῆται
stone
κάλαϊς
a precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise
κίσηρις
the pumice-stone
καταλιθοβολέω
throw stones at, stone
κισηροειδής
like pumice-stone
κροκίας
saffron-coloured stone
κόλλωτες
stone
λίγυρος
a precious stone, jacinth
λαιαί
stones
λεύω
to stone
λιγύριον
a precious stone, jacinth
λιθάριον
stone
λιθεία
fine stone or marble; precious stones, jewelry
λιθικός
of or for stones, about stones
λιθοβολέω
to pelt with stones, stone
λυχνίτης
a precious stone of a red colour
λᾶας
stone
λᾶος
stone
μάρμαρος
stone
μέσσορος
boundary-stone
μυρρίτης
stone of the colour of myrtle-juice
νεμεσίτης
Nemesis-stone
νερανίτης
a precious stone
ξάνθη
a pale-coloured stone
πεντέλιθα
the five stones
πεσσός
an oval-shaped stone for playing a game like our draughts
πετρόω
to turn into stone, petrify; to stone
πλαταμών
a flat stone
πυρήν
the stone
πῶρος
tufa, a porous stone
σάρδης
a precious stone
σάρδιον
the Sardian stone, carnelian
σαρδώ
a precious stone, carnelian or sardine, sardium
σιδηροποίκιλος
a variegated stone
σκοπελίζω
plant boundary-stones
φελλάτας
stone
φυκῖτις
a precious stone
χάλιξ
a small stone, pebble
χαλκόφωνος
metallic-sounding stone
χελωνία
tortoise-stone
χερμάδιον
a large stone, a boulder
χερμάς
pebble, sling stone
χλωρῖτις
grass-green stone
ἀγήρατος2
stone
ἀγκυρίτης
anchor-stone
ἀετίτης
eagle-stone
ἄνθορος
corresponding boundary-stone
ἐπιγναφεῖον
angle-stone of a γεῖσον
ἐχίτης
stone
ἱερακίτης
stone of the colour of a hawk’s neck
ὁλοίτροχος
a rolling stone; boulder
ὕαλος
a clear, transparent stone
saxum
a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, boulder, rock
lapis
a stone
calculus
a small stone, pebble
silex
a hard stone, flint, flint-stone, fire-stone, granite
lapillus
a little stone, pebble
pumex
a pumice-stone
saxeus
of rock, of stone, rocky, stony
an unhewn stone, quarry-stone
ceraunius
pertaining to thunder or lightning; (noun) gemma, a precious stone
cos
a flint-stone, whetstone, grindstone
lapido
to stone, throw stones
lyncurion
lynxstone, transparent stone, said to be the crystallized urine of the lynx
miliarium
a mile-stone
molaris
a millstone, large stone
pumiceus
of pumice-stone, of lava
puteal
a kerb-stone of a well
scrupus
a sharp stone
tofus
tufa, tuff, porous stone
a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, boulder, rock
lapis
a stone
calculus
a small stone, pebble
silex
a hard stone, flint, flint-stone, fire-stone, granite
lapillus
a little stone, pebble
pumex
a pumice-stone
saxeus
of rock, of stone, rocky, stony
appearing fewer than 50 times
caementuman unhewn stone, quarry-stone
ceraunius
pertaining to thunder or lightning; (noun) gemma, a precious stone
cos
a flint-stone, whetstone, grindstone
lapido
to stone, throw stones
lyncurion
lynxstone, transparent stone, said to be the crystallized urine of the lynx
miliarium
a mile-stone
molaris
a millstone, large stone
pumiceus
of pumice-stone, of lava
puteal
a kerb-stone of a well
scrupus
a sharp stone
tofus
tufa, tuff, porous stone
stone
Several varieties of stone were employed in ancient Greek architecture, including (poros) limestone, conglomerate, breccia, granite, gneiss and marble.
Description: The choice of a particular type of stone for a building depended primarily on availability of a type stone. Consequently, there are areas in Greece that are known for their quarries of a certain vein of marble, and regions that are known to have had a particularly nice variety of a stone that they quarried there and exported at great expense to other regions to be used for a special building project.
- black: Paus. 5.11.10, Paus. 10.36.3, 5
- conglomerate: Paus. 5.10.2, Paus. 6.19.1
- Egyptian: Paus. 1.18.6
- mussel-stone, found only at Megara: Paus. 1.44.6
- Libyan: Paus. 1.18.9
- Thasian: Paus. 1.18.6
- musical stone on which Apollo laid down his lyre: Paus. 1.42.2
- pyramidal stone named Apollo Carinus: Paus. 1.44.2
- stone called Chastener with which Athena stunned Herakles: Paus. 9.11.2, 7
- stone wrapt in swaddling-clothes, given to Cronus to swallow instead of Zeus: Paus. 8.8.2, Paus. 8.36.3, Paus. 9.2.7, Paus. 9.41.6, Paus. 10.24.6, Apollod. 1.1.7
- stone of Injury and stone of Ruthlessness at Areopagus: Paus. 1.28.5
- stone on which Manto sat: Paus. 9.10.3
- stone on which Orestes was purified and healed: Paus. 2.31.4, Paus. 3.22.1
- stone on which Silenus sat: Paus. 1.23.5
- on which Telamon sat: Paus. 1.35.3
- of Sisyphus in Hades: Apollod. 1.9.2, Paus. 10.31.10
- of Ascalaphus in Hades: Apollod. 1.5.3, Apollod. 2.5.12
- stone of Tantalus: Paus. 10.31.12
- stones turned into men and women by Deucalion and Pyrrha: Apollod. 1.7.2
- Alcmena turned to: Paus. 9.16.7
- Iodama turned to: Paus. 9.34.2
- Niobe turned to: Paus. 1.21.3, Apollod. 3.5.6
- persons who see the Gorgons are turned to: Apollod. 2.4.2, Apollod. 2.4.3
- fox and dog turned to: Paus. 9.19.1
- vixen and dog turned to: Apollod. 2.4.7
- serpent at Aulis turned to: Apollod. E.3.13
- ship of the Phaeacians turned by Poseidon to: Apollod. E.7.25
- stone that could be taken out of wall of treasury: Paus. 9.37.5
- images, throne, and footstool made out of a single stone: Paus. 8.37.3
- walls of Tiryns built of huge unwrought stones: Paus. 2.25.8
- unwrought stones worshipped by Greeks of old: Paus. 7.22.5
- unwrought stones worshipped as images of Graces: Paus. 9.38.1, of Herakles: Paus. 9.24.3, and of Love: Paus. 9.27.1
- unwrought stone called Zeus Cappotas: Paus. 3.22.1
- stone anointed daily and wrapt in wool on festivals: Paus. 10.24.6
- square stones revered at Pharae: Paus. 7.22.4
- altar of unhewn stones: Paus. 7.22.5
- enclosures formed of unhewn stones: Paus. 2.34.10, Paus. 9.19.3
- sanctuary built of unhewn stones: Paus. 10.36.8
- heaps of unhewn stones: Paus. 2.36.3
- unhewn stones on or beside graves: Paus. 8.13.3, Paus. 9.18.2, Paus. 10.5.4
- rough-hewn stones form base of Amphion's tomb: Paus. 9.17.7
- stones follow Amphion's lyre: Apollod. 3.5.5
- Marble