στεφᾰνηφορ-έω,
Doric dialect στεφανᾱφ-, wear a wreath, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 781 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.51, “SIG” 352.4 (Ephesus, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -φοροῦντες καὶ πανηγυρίζοντες Gauthier et Sottas Décret trilingue en l' honneur de Ptolémée IV p.66 [[(3rd c.BC), cf. Anon.Hist. (“FGrH” 160) p.886J., “OGI” 90.50 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with accusative, σ. κιττοῦ στέφανον [[ “IG” 12(9).192 (Eretria, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically of virtue, -οῦσα πομπεύει [[ LXX.Wis.4.2. ] LXX]
__II to be a στεφανηφόρος[[ (signification 11), “SIG” 695.1 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC), +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]—Also στεφανοφορέω, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17 (variant for{στεφανηφ-}); τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος “Supp.epigram” 4.263.6 (Panamara, 1st c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]