ἱστός

A. 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 δ’ ἕλον ἱστόν took it down, unstepped it, Od. 15.496; κεραία καὶ ἱ. IG 22.657.14: generally, rod, pole, ἱστὸς χάλκεος Hdt. 8.122; beam, IG 22.1672.306 (pl.).

II. beam of a loom, which stood upright, instead of lying horizontal as in our looms; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ’ ἱστῶ; (sc. τὸ ἐμπερόναμα) Theoc. 15.35; later ἱ. ὄρθιος (opp. the horizontal loom), Artem. 3.36: generally, loom, ἱστόν τ’ 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 δ’ 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.