σταθερός

A. standing fast, firm, fixed, γαῖα, opp. ἄστατος, Opp. C. 2.412; of the sea, calm, still, ς. χεῦμα A. Fr. 276; βύθος D.H. 1.71; σταθερῆς (sc. θαλάσσης) AP 10.17 (Antiphil.), cf. 7.393 (Diocl., dub. sens.), Poll. 1.106; ς. ὕδωρ stagnant, App. Pun. 99; ς. μέλαν, of ink, AP 6.66 (Paul. Sil.).

2. ς. μεσημβρία high noon, when the sun as it were stands still in the meridian, Pl. Phdr. 242a; ς. ἦμαρ mid-day, A.R. 1.450; νυκτὸς τὸ‐ώτατον Eun. VS p.485 B.; θέρος ς. mid-summer, Antim. 95.

3. steady, settled, of weather, ἀὴρ εὔδιος καὶ ς. D.H. Dem. 7; εὐδία ς. Plu. Dio 38, cf. M.Ant. 12.22; οὐ ς. φῶς οὐδ’ ἠρεμοῦν Plu. 2.934e.

4. metaph., ς. κάλυξ ἥβης Ar. Fr. 467; ς. ἡλικία J. BJ 3.1.3; ἡ ἀρετὴ ς. τι AP 10.74 (Paul. Sil.); σαοφροσύνη IG 3.776; ς. βάδισμα, βλέμμα, Ph. 2.267, 26; ἀνάληψις Id. 1.179 (Sup.); of speech, calm, deliberate, τὸ βραδὺ καὶ ς. D.H. Comp. 23.

5. not used, properly, of persons, Phryn. 189, Thom.Mag.p.110 R., but v. EM 277.49.

6. Adv. ‐ρῶς constantly, Cratin. 206; firmly, Procl. Inst. 156. Adv. Comp., ‐ώτερον ὁ νοῦς ἵδρυτο Ph. 1.372.