στέμμα, ατος, τό,
(στέφω) mostly in plural (singular in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 948)] Refs 8th c.BC+], wreath, garland, chaplet, especially of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ.. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.14, 373 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο[[ [prev. work] 28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 894 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplcts decked, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 39, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1310, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197, compare “SIG” 1025.31 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πάλας, as a prize, [[ “epigram Gr.” 247 (from Mysia); στέμματ᾽ Ὀλυμπιάδων [prev. work]881 (from Cyzicus), etc.] Refs]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (compare στεπτικός, στέφανος), [[ “PFay.” 87i10 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 2130.7 (3rd c.AD),compare “PRyl.” 77.28 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 3 says the στέμματα] Refs 5th c.BC+] were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in plural, στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Latin stemmata quid faciunt? [[ 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 8.1, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 35.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]