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στέμμα

στέμμα, a wreath, garland

στέμμα, ατος, τό, (στέφω) mostly in pl. (sg. in Il. 1.28, Ar. Pax 948),
  • wreath, garland, chaplet, esp. of the priestʼs laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματʼ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ . . χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ Il. 1.14, 373; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο ib. 28, cf. E. Andr. 894; sts. worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας Pl. R. 617c; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplets decked, Ar. Pl. 39, cf. E. Ion 1310, Th. 4.133; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) Hdt. 7.197, cf. SIG 1025.31 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); σ. πάλας, as a prize, Epigr.Gr. 247 (Mysia); στέμματʼ Ὀλυμπιάδων ib. 881 (Cyzicus), etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (cf. στεπτικός, στέφανος), PFay. 87i10 (ii A.D.), POxy. 2130.7 (iii A.D.), cf. PRyl. 77.28 (ii A.D.).
      • 2 Sch. S. OT 3 says the στέμματα were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασʼ E. Or. 12.
    • II in pl., στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, Plu. Num. 1; Lat. stemmata quid faciunt? Juv. 8.1, cf. Plin. HN 35.6.
      • 2 guild, CIG 3995b (Iconium);= φυλή, ib. 9897 (Smyrna, Jewish); ὑπὲρ φιλοκυνηγῶν τοῦ σ. guild of huntsmen, Supp.Epigr. 3.499 (Philippi).

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