στατικός

A. 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.