στάχυς

A. στάχυες IG 12.280.78,22.1424a333, etc.; Ep. dat. σταχύεσσιν Il. 23.598; acc. στάχυς Ar. Eq. 393, OGI 56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C.), but στάχυας LXX Ge. 41.7, etc:—ear of corn, in pl., Il.l.c., Hes. Op. 473, Ev.Matt. 12.1, etc.; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν ς. Arist. Pol. 1284a30: in sg., A. Supp. 761, Fr. 304.7, S. Fr. 395, and freq in E. Hec. 593, al.: metaph., ς. ἄτης A. Pers. 821; ἐκ καλάμης . . στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, AP 4.1.34 (Mel.):—of the Theban Σπαρτοί, E. Ph. 939, HF 5, Ba. 264; of the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, Ar. Eq. 393; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον ς. E. Fr. 757.6.

2. generally, scion, progeny, ς. ἄρσην Id. Fr. 360.22, cf. Lyc. 214; δισσὸν Βορέον ς. Orph. A. 218; τέκνων Man. 6.304; Ἰνδῶν Nonn. D. 18.267; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον ς. AP 9.362.25.

3. name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, Spica Virginis, Arat. 97, Ptol. Alm. 7.5: in pl., Man. 2.134.

II. lower part of the abdomen, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.26 tit., Poll. 2.168, cf. Eust. 194.4, 410.17.

III. base horehound, Stachys germanica, Dsc. 3.106, Plin. HN 24.136.

IV. νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, Gp. 7.13.1; ὁ τῆς νάρδου ς. Gal. 6.267.

V. surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.46 tit., Gal. 18(1).814.

VI. παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, Hsch.

VII. = Heb. shibboleth, LXX Jd. 12.6.