σταθμός, ὁ,
in Trag., etc., with irregular plural σταθμά, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 489, “OT” 1139, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 999, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 4.3, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σταθμοί however occurs not only in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 280, “Or.” 1474 (both Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— standing-place for animals, farmstead, steading, τὼ μὲν (the lions) ἄρ᾽, ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.557, compare 12.304; κατὰ σταθμοὺς δύεται 5.140; κατὰ σ. ποιμνήϊον 2.470; σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ 19.377, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 294 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes including the human dwelling, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.504 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a swineherd's steading,[[[prev. work] 32 ] Refs]; of a sheepstation, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.140, 18.589, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 293 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the stable of the griffin of Oceanus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 398 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a deer's lair, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 578b21, 611a20. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of men, dwelling, abode, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.10 (_plural_), “P.” 4.76 (_plural_); Ἀΐδα [prev. author] “O.” 10 (11). 92; οὐρανοῦ [prev. author] “I.” 7(6).45; Εὐβοίας σταθμά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 489, compare “PCair.Zen.” 344.2 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1185.13 (1st c.BC), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 quarters, lodgings for travellers or soldiers, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.1, +others, “SIG” 880.15 (Pizus, 3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; soldier's billet, [[ PStrassb. 92.4 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]