στερέ-ωμα,ατος,τό,
A. solid body, Hp. Flat. 8 , Anaxag. ap. Placit. 2.25.9 .
b. ἄϋλα ς. immaterialsolids, Dam. Pr. 425 , cf. 205 .
2. foundationorframework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, Arist. PA 655a22 ;στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτουtostrengthenit, Hero Bel. 95.8 : metaph.,solid part, strengthof an army, LXX 1 Ma. 9.14 ; also,ratification,ἐπιστολῆςib. Es. 9.29 ;steadfastness, τῆς πίστεως
Ep.Col. 2.5
.
3.
= στεῖρα (of a ship), Thphr. HP 5.7.3 .
4. firmament, i.e. the sky, the heaven above, LXX Ge. 1.6 , Ez. 1.22 , al.; τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων ς. δεσπότην
Tab.Defix.Aud. 242.8
(Carthage,iii A.D.).