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ὀρθοστάτης

ὀρθοστάτης, one who stands upright: an upright shaft, pillar

ὀρθο-στάτης [ᾰ], ου, ὁ, (ἵστημι)
  • upright shaft, pillar, E. Ion 1134, HF 980; building stones laid with their longest edges vertical, IG 1(2).372.60, al., 2(2).1668.19, 42(1).103.74, al.; upright beam, Ph. Bel. 74.8, Apollod. Poliorc. 162.14; κλιμάκων ὀρθοστάτας prob. cj. in E. Supp. 497.
      • 2 funeral monument with pillars, Ath.Mitt. 24.235 (Thyatira); so perh. in E. Hel. 547.
    • II a sort of sacrificial bread, Poll. 6.73, cf. Thphr. ap. Porph. Abst. 2.7.
    • III = librarius, Gloss.

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