ἱστός

ἱστός, ὁ, (ἵστημι)

• anything set upright:
• • I mast, ἱστὸν . . στῆσαν ἀείραντες they stepped the mast, Od. 15.289, cf. Il. 23.852, etc.; ἱστοὺς στησάμενοι Od. 9.77. cf. Il. 1.480; ἱστὸν αἴρεσθαι X. HG 6.2.29; opp. καθαιρεῖν, κὰδ δʼ ἕλον ἱστόν took it down, unstepped it, Od. 15.496; κεραία καὶ ἱ. IG 2(2).657.14: generally, rod, pole, ἱστὸς χάλκεος Hdt. 8.122; beam, IG 2(2).1672.306 (pl.).
  • II beam of a loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφʼ ἱστῶ; (sc. τὸ ἐμπερόναμα) Theoc. 15.35; later ἱ. ὄρθιος (opp. the horizontal loom), Artem. 3.36: generally, loom, ἱστόν τʼ ἠλακάτην τε Il. 6.491, Schwyzer 180 (Crete), etc.; ἱ. στήσασθαι to set up the beam and so begin a web, Hes. Op. 779; ἱ. ἐποίχεσθαι to traverse the loom, because the weaver was obliged to walk to and fro, Il. 1.31, Od. 5.62.
  • • 2 warp fixed to the beam: hence, the web itself, ἱστὸν ὕφαινε Il. 3.125, etc.; ἠματίη μὲν ὑφαίνεσκεν μέγαν ἱ., νύκτας δʼ ἀλλύεσκεν Od. 2.104; ἱ. μεταχειρίζεσθαι Pl. Phd. 84a; ὁ ἐκτετμημένος ἱ. the web cut from the loom and finished, opp. ὁ πρὸς ἐκτομήν, Artem. l.c.; web of a certain size, piece, PHib. 1.67.12 (iii B.C.), etc.; ὀθονίων ἱ. τπρισχίλιοι Plb. 5.89.2; τρεῖς ἱ. καθελεῖν Str. 8.6.20.
    • 3 ἱ. ἀραχνᾶν spiders’ webs, B. 3.7.
    • 4 comb of bees, Arist. HA 624a5.
  • III shinbone, leg, Opp. C. 1.408.
  • IV a constellation, Aët. 3.164.

ἱστός, ὁ (ἵστημι),
1) der Mastbaum, Schiffsmast ; ἱστὸν στῆσαν ἀείραντες, κατὰ δὲ προτόνοισιν ἔδησαν Od. 15.289 ; κὰδ δʼ ἕλον ἱστόν 496 ; ἐν δʼ ἱστόν τʼ ἐτίθεντο 8.52 ; ἱστοὺς στησάμενοι 9.77 ; Eur. Hec. 1263 ; αἰρόμενος τοὺς ἱστούς Xen. Hell. 6.2.29.
2) der Webebaum, der Baum, an welchem die Kette zum Weben senkrecht aufgezogen, gleichsam steht, während sie bei uns wagerecht über dem Brust- u. Kettenbaum aufgespannt liegt ; ἱστὸν στήσασθαι, den Webebaum aufstellen, um das Gewebe zu beginnen, Hes. O. 777 ; ἱστὸν ἐποίχεσθαι, am Webebaum hin- u. hergehen, um so zu weben, Od. 10.221 u. öfter ; ἱστῶν παλίμβαμοι ὁδοί Pind. P. 9.18 ; ἱστοῖς ἐν καλιφθόγγοις Eur. I.T. 221 ; Plat. Lys. 208d, Phaed. 84a ; – die Kette, der Aufzug selbst u. das Gewebe, ἡ δὲ μέγαν ἱστὸν ὕφαινε Il. 3.125 ; Hes. O. 64 ; ἀλλύειν Od. 24.144 ; das Stück, welches auf dem Webestuhle mit einem Male gefertigt werden kann, Pol. 5.89.2 ; τρεῖς ἤδη καθεῖλον ἱστούς bei Strab. VIII.378.
Uebertr., vom Bau der Bienenzellen, Arist. H.A. 9.40 ; öfter von Spinnen bei Sp., wie auch Bacchyl. Stob. fl. 55.3.
Bei Opp. Cyn. 1.408 das Schienbein.

ἱστός

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[ἵστημι.]

• • 1

    A ship’s mast Il. 1.434, 480, Il. 23.852, 878: Od. 2.424, Od. 4.578, Od. 5.254, Od. 9.77, Od. 11.3, Od. 12.409, Od. 15.496, etc.

  • 2

    A loom for weaving Il. 6.491:=Od. 1.357=Od. 21.351, Od. 13.107 (of natural formations in a cave).

  • 3

    The warp of a web: στησαμένη μέγαν ἱστόν Od. 2.94=Od. 24.129, Od. 19.139.

  • 4

    The web: ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην Il. 1.31. Cf. Il. 3.125, Il. 6.456, Il. 22.440: Od. 2.104=Od. 24.139, Od. 2.109=Od. 24.145, Od. 5.62, Od. 7.105, Od. 10.222, 226, 254, Od. 15.517, Od. 19.149, Od. 24.147.

  • 5

    In pl., the art of weaving: ἱστῶν τεχνῆσσαι Od. 7.110.

ἱστός

• 1loom ἁ μὲν οὔθʼ ἱστῶν παλιμβάμους ἐφίλησεν ὁδοὺς P. 9.18

ἱστός (ἵστημι): anything that stands. —(1) mast, in the middle of the ship, held in place by the μεσόδμη, ἱστοπέδη, πρότονοι, ἐπίτονοι. During stay in port the mast was unstepped and laid back upon the ἱστοδόκη (cf. preceding cut, and Nos. 60, 84).—(2) weaverʼs beam, loom.The frame of the loom was not placed, as in modern handlooms, in a horizontal position, but stood upright, as appears in the cut, representing an ancient Egyptian loom. The threads of the warp hung perpendicularly down, and were drawn tight by weights at their lower ends. To set up the beam and so begin the web is (ἱστὸν) στήσασθαι. In weaving, the weaver passed from one side to the other before the loom (ἐποίχεσθαι), as he carried the shuttle (κανών), on which was wound the thread of the woof, through the warp, and then drove the woof home with a blow of the κερκίς.— (3) warp, and in general, web, woven stuff.

ἱστός, ὁ, ἵστημι

• anything set upright:
• • Ia shipʼs mast, ἱστὸν στῆσαι or στήσασθαι to step the mast, Hom.:— a rod, pole, Hdt.
  • IIthe beam of the loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms, Hom.; ἱστὸν στήσασθαι to set up the beam and so begin a web, Hes.; ἱστὸν ἐποίχεσθαι to traverse the loom, because the weaver was obliged to walk to and fro, Hom.
  • • 2the warp that was fixed to the beam, the web, Hom.