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στερέωμα

στερέωμα, a solid body, foundation

στερέ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
  • solid body, Hp. Flat. 8, Anaxag. ap. Placit. 2.25.9.
        • b ἄϋλα σ. immaterial solids, Dam. Pr. 425, cf. 205.
      • 2 foundation or framework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, Arist. PA 655a22; στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτου to strengthen it, Hero Bel. 95.8: metaph., solid part, strength of an army, LXX 1 Ma. 9.14; also, ratification, ἐπιστολῆς ib. Es. 9.29; steadfastness, τῆς πίστεως Ep.Col. 2.5.
      • 3 = στεῖρα (of a ship), Thphr. HP 5.7.3.
      • 4 firmament, i.e. the sky, the heaven above, LXX Ge. 1.6, Ez. 1.22, al.; τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων σ. δεσπότην Tab.Defix.Aud. 242.8 (Carthage, iii A.D.).

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