stem
stem
subs.
Branch, shoot: P. and V. πτόρθος, ὁ (Plat.), κλών, ὁ (Plat.).
Trunk: Ar. and P. στέλεχος, τό, πρέμνον, τό.
Root: P. and V. ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Met., family: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπέρμᾰ, τό, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό ; see stock.
subs.
Branch, shoot: P. and V. πτόρθος, ὁ (Plat.), κλών, ὁ (Plat.).
Trunk: Ar. and P. στέλεχος, τό, πρέμνον, τό.
Root: P. and V. ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Met., family: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπέρμᾰ, τό, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό ; see stock.
stem
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτέχειν, παύειν ; see check.
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτέχειν, παύειν ; see check.
STEM
s. A trunk truncus (☞ not caudex or stirps): arboris corpus (Plin.).
Prow of a ship prora.
s. A trunk truncus (☞ not caudex or stirps): arboris corpus (Plin.).
Prow of a ship prora.
v. obstare: obsistere: resistere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) repugnare obsistereque. Anything may be stemmed alicui rei repugnari obsistique potest: to try to stem the torrent (figuratively) objicere aliquid fluctibus; dirigere brachia contra torrentem (proverbially † Juv.): to stem the torrent of public calamities fluctus (aliquos) a communi peste depellere (Cic.). Vid. RESIST OPPOSE.
stem (subs.):
I. Of a tree: truncus: trees which have neither s. nor boughs, arbores in quibus non t., non rami sunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179: v.TRUNK .
II. Of a plant: v.STALK .
III. Prow of a ship: prōra: v.PROW .
I. Of a tree: truncus: trees which have neither s. nor boughs, arbores in quibus non t., non rami sunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179: v.
II. Of a plant: v.
III. Prow of a ship: prōra: v.
stem (v.):
I. Lit.: to make way against a current: expr. by circuml.: he scarce forces his boat to s. the stream, adverso vix flumine lembum subigit, Virg. G. 1, 201: the boats appear to be s.ing the waves, navigia obnitier undis videntur, Lucr. 4, 439.
II. Fig.: to resist:
1. obnītor, nixus, 3: nor did the general even try to s. the tide of reverses, ne dux quidem obniti adversis, Tac. A. 15, 11.
2. obsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: no power can s. the tide of popular indignation, multorum odiis nullae opes possunt obsistere, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 33: v.OPPOSE , RESIST .
I. Lit.: to make way against a current: expr. by circuml.: he scarce forces his boat to s. the stream, adverso vix flumine lembum subigit, Virg. G. 1, 201: the boats appear to be s.ing the waves, navigia obnitier undis videntur, Lucr. 4, 439.
II. Fig.: to resist:
1. obnītor, nixus, 3: nor did the general even try to s. the tide of reverses, ne dux quidem obniti adversis, Tac. A. 15, 11.
2. obsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: no power can s. the tide of popular indignation, multorum odiis nullae opes possunt obsistere, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 33: v.
appearing fewer than 50 times
λεπτόκαρφοςwith thin, light stem
πτέρνιξ
stem of the κάκτος
στύπος
stem, stump, block
stirps
the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root
caulis
a stalk, stem of a plant
truncus2
the stem, stock, bole, trunk
thyrsus
Of a plant, a stalk, stem. Esp., a staff twined with ivy and vine, Bacchic staff, thyrsus
a trunk of a tree, stock, stem
culmus
a stalk, stem, straw
stipula
a stalk, stem, blade, halm
the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root
caulis
a stalk, stem of a plant
truncus2
the stem, stock, bole, trunk
thyrsus
Of a plant, a stalk, stem. Esp., a staff twined with ivy and vine, Bacchic staff, thyrsus
appearing fewer than 50 times
caudexa trunk of a tree, stock, stem
culmus
a stalk, stem, straw
stipula
a stalk, stem, blade, halm