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στατικός

στατικός, causing to stand, bringing to a stand-still; ἡ -κή art of weighing

στᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν, (ἵστημι)
  • causing to stand, bringing to a stand-still, Arist. Pr. 908a24; ἀρχὴ σ. principle of rest, opp. κινητική, Id. Metaph. 1049b8, cf. 1019a35, Top. 127b16; ἄρτου γένος σ. κοιλίας Str. 17.2.5 (nisi σταλτ- legend.), cf. Philistion ap. Ath. 3.115d: hence, astringent, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.80f (Comp.); ἡ -κή an astringent herb, thrift, Armeria canescens, Dsc. Eup. 2.87; σ. πόα ib. 1.110.
      • 2 περὶ σ. ποιήσεως, composition of στάσιμα (q.v.), title of work by Ptolemaeus, An.Boiss. 4.458.
    • II (ἵστημι A. IV) skilled in weighing, Pl. Just. 373c, 373e: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of weighing, Id. Chrm. 166b; opp. μετρητική, Id. Phlb. 55e. Adv. -κῶς Poll. 4.171.

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