σταθμ-άω,
Ionic dialect σταθμ-έω [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150 (_middle_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: — measure by rule (στάθμη), πλέθρου σταθμήσας μῆκος εἰς εὐγωνίαν (i.e. τὴν σκηνήν) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὸ ὕδωρ measure or weigh it, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.43b ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; certify as containing full measure, [[ PTeb. 5.86 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be measured or weighed, σταθμεόμενα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus [same place], cf. LXX.3Ki.6.23 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: future middle in passive sense, ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 797 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect passive, ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἐστάθμηται Δελτωτὸν πλευρῇσιν [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 234. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II more frequently in middle σταθμάομαι, Ionic dialect σταθμόομαι (which see), measure, σταθμᾶτο.. ἄλσος πατρί [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς τράφας (i.e. τάφρους) ὀρύξει.. ὅπου ἂν σταθμήσωνται οἱ νεωποῖαι [[ “SIG” 963.28 (Amorgos, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; calculate, estimate distance or size, without actual measurement, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150; σ. ὅκως ἐξελεύσεται.. [prev. author] 9.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετρεῖν ἢ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 643c; σταθμήσασθαι τοὺς ἀστερίσκους 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.119. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, measure, estimate, τινι by some criterion, σ. ταῖς χάρισι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 465d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ταύτῃ τῇ στάθμῃ] [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 63 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, conjecture, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1111. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]