στερεός, ά, όν,
also στερρός (which see), firm, solid, σ. λίθος ἠὲ σίδηρος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.494; βοέαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.493 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰχμὴ σ. πᾶσα χρυσέη all of solid gold, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.52, compare 183; ἕρμα σ. γῆς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 854, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.16; γῆ σ. καὶ ἀδιάλυτος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ -ώτερα τῶν ὀστέων, opposed to τὰ ἀραιότερα, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σ., opposed to κενόν, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 188a22, “Metaphorical” 985b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to μαλθακός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυσὶ σ. καὶ ἰσχνοῖς, opposed to προβάτοις πίοσι καὶ ἁπαλοῖς, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 422d; ἀθλητής 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.132; βραχίονες 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.48; δέρματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a; νῆμα [prev. author] “Plt.” 282e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. κέρας solid, opposed to κοῖλον, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 500a6; σ. κάλαμος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.11.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; στερεὰ τροφή solid food, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.4, NT.Heb.5.12, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.39 (_comparative_)] NT+1st c.BC+]; τὸ σ. σῶμα, opposed to ὁ χυλός, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.463] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. κοιλίη costive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρεῶς firmly, fast, κατέδησαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.346; ἐντέτατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.263; νῶτα.. ἑλκόμενα σ., of wrestlers, 23.715. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]