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στάθμη

στάθμη, a carpenter’s line

στάθμ-η, ἡ,
  • carpenterʼs line or rule, ξέσσε δʼ ἐπισταμένως καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα] Od. 5.245, cf. 23.197; [πελέκεας] ἐπὶ σ. ἴθ. 21.121; also στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει Il. 15.410; τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος . . ἰθύτερον Thgn. 805; ἐπὶ σ. θεῖναι μίαν on a level, Arist. PA 657a10: prop. στάθμη was the line rubbed with chalk or red ochre, being distd. from the rule (κανών) by Pl. Phlb. 56c, X. Ages. 10.2; κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις Plu. Praec. 2.807d, etc.; λευκὴ σ., v. λευκός II.1a: metaph., ἀτεχνῶς λευκὴ σ. εἰμὶ πρὸς τοὺς καλούς a white measuring-line, i.e. unable to discriminate, Pl. Chrm. 154b, cf. Plu. Garr. 2.513f.
      • 2 παρὰ στάθμην by the rule, εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν Thgn. 945, cf. 543; τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος S. Fr. 474; for A. Ag. 1045 v. παρά C. II.2; κατὰ στάθμην ἵστασθαι, c. gen., in a straight line with, Democr. ap. Plu. Fac.lun. 2.929c; κατὰ σ. ἐνόησας you guessed aright, Theoc. 25.194; ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης D.H. Comp. 23; στάθμῃ Aret. SD 2.11; πρὸς στάθμῃ πέτρον τίθεσθαι, μή τι πρὸς πέτρῳ στάθμην, i.e. when facts are obstinate, do not relax your standard, Com.(?) ap. Plu. Profect. 2.75f (cf. Bergk PLG 3.740); στάθμα πατρῴα perh. the measure [of piety] towards his father, Pi. P. 6.45; στάθμας ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς perh. straining at an over-exact measure, ib. 2.90.
      • 3 verification, certification, τὰς σ. τῶν μέτρων ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου ποιεῖσθαι prob. in PTeb. 5.88 (ii B.C.).
    • II plummet or plumbline, μολιβαχθής AP 6.103 (Phil.); ῥιπτεῖσθαι ἄνω κατὰ στάθμην to be thrown perpendicularly upwards, Arist. Cael. 296b24.
    • III like γραμμή, the line which bounds the racecourse, goal, δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν, metaph. of manʼs life, Pi. N. 6.7; παρʼ οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου E. Ion 1514.
      • 2 starting point, ‘scratch’, στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι Opp. H. 4.102, cf. Eust. 1023.5.
    • IV metaph., law, rule, ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι Pi. Fr. 1.4; Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις, i.e. according to laws of Dorian rule, Id. P. 1.62.
    • V δοράτων στάθμαι butt-ends, like σαυρωτῆρες, D.S. 17.35, cf. PCair.Zen. 782 (a). 49 (iii B.C.).

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