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στεφᾰν-όω,
middle, Syracusan 2nd pers. singular imperative στεφάνουσο [[Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, future -ώσομαι[[ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.496 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ωθήσομαι [[4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 60.7 (3rd c.BC): ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in passive, to be put round in a circle or as a rim or border, and hence to be put round, ἣν περὶ μὲν πάντῃ Φόβος ἐστεφάνωται round about the aegis is Terror wreathed, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.739; τῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ μὲν Γοργὼ ἐστεφάνωτο 11.36 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν θυόεν νέφος ἐστεφάνωτο all round about him was a cloud, [[ 15.153 ] Refs]; νῆσον, τὴν πέρι πόντος ἐστεφάνωται the sea lies round about the island, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.195: rarely with _accusative_, τείρεα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται] Refs 8th c.BC+] constellations which heaven has all round it, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 382, “IG” 42(1).129.9 (Epid.) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a crowd of spectators surrounding a dancing-floor, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὅμιλος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο [[ “hymnus ad Venerem” 120 ] Refs]; περὶ δ᾽ ὄλβος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο around were.. riches in a circle placed, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 204 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: so in later Epic dialect, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1214, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.99, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 45, etc.: also in ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]active, περίτροχον ἐστεφάνωσαν αἱμασιήν made a fence round, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.90. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.2 to be surrounded, ἐστεφανωμένος τιάραν μυρσίνῃ having his tiara wreathed with myrtle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδία ἐστεφάνωται ὄρεσιν are surrounded by.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 19; ὅπλοισιν πόλις epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.15.6; χθὼν ἅτε νῆσος -ωται 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in active, [Βαβυλῶνα] τείχεσιν ἐστεφάνωσεν [[ [prev. author] 1006. ] Refs]
__II after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] in active, crown, wreathe, χαίταν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὀρέστην σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 924; κρᾶτα κισσίνοις βλαστήμασιν [prev. author] “Ba.” 177; στεφάνοις [prev. work] 101 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with genitive, πίτυος [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.31; σ. τινὰ ὡς σωτῆρα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45; τὸν νικῶντα θαλλῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946b; νῖκαι σ. τινά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of crowning a corpse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 538; a tomb, “IG” 12.1037, “Sammelb.” 7457.10 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 22, “PLips.” 30.2 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ships, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.981e ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the nuptial crown, [[ LXX.Cant.3.11 ] LXX]; κατηρῶντο τοῖς ἐστεφανωμένοις newly wedded couples, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 33.29 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; στεφανοῦν εὐαγγέλια crown one for good tidings, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 647 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στεφανοῦσα, title of a statue by Praxiteles (see. στέφω [[ 111), compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.534d ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be crowned or rewarded with a crown, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.55, 8.59, “PCair.Zen.” [same place], NT.2Tim.2.5; ἐλαίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.13; ποίᾳ [prev. author] “P.” 8.19; φυτὸν στεφανούμενος 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.5; σ. καὶ ἀνακηρύττεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.18 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, crown oneself, στεφανωσαμένη δρυῒ καὶ.. σπείραισι δρακόντων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 535 (_anapaest meter_); στεφανοῦσθε κισσῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 106 (Lyric poetry); στεφανωσάμενος καλάμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στεφανωσάμενος αὐτόν (i.e. τὸν στέφανον) [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 40; στεφανοῦνται τῶν ἀνθέων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 12a. 2; τῆς πίτυος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 9.10 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also absolutely, of one going to sacrifice, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; τῷ θεῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at a festival, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1145, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 518.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; win a crown, of the victor at the games, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.15, 81, 12.17, “N.” 6.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, with double accusative, ἐστεφανώθη Ἐλεύθερος.. Ἁδριάνεια πάλην [[ “IG” 22.2087.64 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 crown as an honour or reward [[compare (στέφανος 11.2b), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.193, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 239, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 84, “IG” 22.212.30 (4th c.BC), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; reward by a gift of money, etc. [[compare (στέφανος 11.5), Καλλισθένην ἑκατὸν μναῖς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 19, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 16; σ. τινὰ πεντακοσίοις ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις, χιλίοις δὲ λιβανωτοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.9.5: also ἐστεφανωκότος.. τὰς δυνάμεις χρυσῶν μυριάδων τριάκοντα] Refs 4th c.BC+] Gauthier et Sottas Décret trilingue en l' honneur de Ptolémée IV [[ p.67 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 metaphorically, confer glory upon, decorate, honour, τινὰ μολπᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἤθεσι χρηστοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 959 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τὴν πόλιν (by a victory in the games) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.26; Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1030, compare 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 4 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔργοις γένος “TAM” 1.44 (from Xanthus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὸ ῥόδον] ἐγκωμίῳ [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 51; ἀριστείοις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.32; πανοπλίᾳ [prev. author] 20.84 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, σοφίας ἀριστεῖα ἐστεφανοῦτο [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4 crown or honour with libations, σ. τύμβον αἵματι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 126 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 crown with the badge of office, especially of persons sacrificing, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of magistrates in office, ὁ ἐστεφανωμένος ἄρχων [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17; βούλεται -ωθῆναι ἐξηγητείαν “PRyl.” 77.37 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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