στάσιμος

I. Act., checking, stopping, τὰ ς. τοῦ αἵματος styptics, Hp. Mul. 2.110; of foods,= στατικός 1, Id. Vict. 2.54,55.

II. Pass., brought to a stand, standing, stationary: of water, stagnant, Id.Aėr. 7, X. Oec. 20.11, Aen.Tact. 8.4, etc.; ‐ώτατος ποταμῶν Id.Aër. 15; ς. αἷμα Id.Acut.(Sp. 9; ς. ὕδατα, opp. ῥυτά, Arist. Mete. 353b19.

b. stable, steadfast, opp. ὑγρός and ῥοώδης, Hp. Mul. 2.111, cf. Nat.Mul. 1, Diog.Apoll. 5 (Comp.); τὸ ψυχρὸν ἔοικε ς. εἶναι, opp. κινητικόν, Plu. 2.945f; ς. κίνησις Pl. Sph. 256b, cf. Tht. 180b, Arist. GA 717a30 (Comp.); πνεῦμα Thphr. CP 5.12.11; βίος BCH 51.148 (Salamis Cypr.); ς. ἄστρα fixed, Poll. 4.156; ς. ὄργανα defined in Orib. 49.2.6. Adv. ‐μως Hp. Acut. 29: Comp. ‐ωτέρως Pl. Ti. 55e.

2. of men, steadfast, steady, φύσεις κόσμιοι καὶ ς. Id. R. 539d; τὰ ς. γένη ἐξίσταται εἰς νωθρότητα Arist. Rh. 1390b30; φρόνιμος καὶ ς. ἄνθρωπος Plb. 27.15.10; ‐ώτερος, opp. τολμηρότερος, Id. 21.7.5: τὸ ς. steadiness, Id. 6.58.13; τὸ ς. τῆς ἵππου the heavy cavalry, Id. 3.65.6; οἱ ‐ώτατοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν Id. 15.16.4.

3. of music, ἡ Δωριστὶ ‐ωτάτη καὶ μάλιστα ἦθος ἔχουσα ἀνδρεῖον Arist. Pol. 1342b13, cf. 1340b9, Pr. 922b15; μέτρον ‐ώτατον, of heroic verse, Id. Po. 1459b34; λέξις ς. Id. EN 1125a14:—but,

b. στάσιμον,τό, in Tragedy, choral song, distd. by Aristotle fr. πάροδος and defined as μέλος χοροῦ τὸ ἄνευ ἀναπαίστου καὶ τροχαίου, Po. 1452b23, cf. S.E. M. 6.17, Poll. 4.53, Ath. 13.592b; expld. as sung by the chorus when stationary, ς. μέλος ὃ ᾄδουσιν ἱστάμενοι οἱ χορευταί Sch. Ar. Ra. 1314, cf. Arg.A. Pers., Sch.Ar. V. 270, Sch.S. Tr. 216, EM 690.49, 725.2; cf. στάδην.

4. ἀργύριον ς. money out at interest, Lex Solonis ap.Lys. 10.18.

III. (στάσις A. 11) weighed, weighable: τὰ ς., = σταθμία, Cephisod. 13; θεωρῶν . . τὸν ἄνδρα . . ἕλκοντα τὸ τῆς πράξεως ς. Plb. 8.19.2.