;λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησεturned intostone, petrified, 24.611 , cf. Pl. Smp. 198c ; so [ νῆα] θεῖναι λ.
Od. 13.156
; as an emblem of hard-heartedness, σοὶ δ' αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο
23.103
, cf. Theoc. 3.18 .
II. λίθος,ἡ , twice in Hom. , Il. 12.287 , Od. 19.494 , justlikemasc., also in Theoc. 7.26 , Bion Fr. 1.2 : later mostly ofsome special stone, as the magnet is calledΜαγνῆτις λ.by E. Fr. 567 (butἡ λίθοςsimply in Democr. 11k , Arist. Ph. 267a2 , cf.v.l.
de An. 405a20 ); alsoΛυδία λ.by S. Fr. 800 (but in B. Fr. 10
J.
Λυδία λ. = touchstone);Ἡρακλεία λ.by Pl. Ion 533d , Epicur. Fr. 293 ; so of atouchstone, Pl. Grg. 486d ;ἡ διαφανὴς λ. a piece of crystalused for a burning-glass, Ar. Nu. 767 , cf. Luc. Alex. 21 ;χυτὴ λ.was perh. a kind ofglass, and so an older name forὕαλος, Epin. 1.8 (the same thing as theἀρτήματα λίθινα χυτάin Hdt. 2.69 ; cf. τὴν ὕαλον . . ὅσα τε λίθων χυτὰ εἴδη καλεῖται
Pl. Ti. 61c
);λ. = precious stoneis fem. in Hp. Nat.Mul. 99 , IG 22.1421.92 , 1460.21 , but masc. in Hdt. 2.44 , etc.; in the sense ofmarblemostly masc., λευκὸς λ.
IV. at Athens,λίθος,ὁ , was a name for variousblocks of stone used for rostraorplatforms, as,
1. theβῆμα(q.v.) of the Pnyx, Ar. Ach. 683 , Pax 680 , Ec. 87 .
2. another in theἀγοράused by theκήρυκες, Plu. Sol. 8 ; prob. the same asὁ πρατὴρ λ., on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc., Poll. 3.78 , cf. 126 .
3. analtarin theἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, Philoch. 65 , D. 54.26 (restored from Harp.
