στέλεχ-ος, εος, τό,
also ὁ [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.8, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.166, conjecture in 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.55 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs, δρυὸς ἐν στελέχει [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.61, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.55, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 60.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴγειρος.. δεδιχασμένη ἑνὸς ἐκ στελέχους Lyric poetry in [[ “Philol.” 80.334. ] Refs]
__2 trunk, log, στελέχη φέρειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 336 (Lyric poetry); ἐκπρεμνίζειν στελέχη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσδυόμενος εἰς τὰ σ., of hollow trunks, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a10; κύων σ. ἔτεκε 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 15 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, blockhead, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysippus Comicus 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]