στῐβᾰρ-ός, ά, όν,
strong, stout, sturdy, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, of men's limbs, ὦμος, αὐχήν, βραχίονες, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.400, 18.415, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.69; χείρ 8.189; μέλεα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 76; πλευραί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 111 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of weapons, ἔγχος, σάκος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.746, 3.335, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίσκος -ώτερος more massy, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.187 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, of persons, σ. τις καὶ καρτερά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 639; σ. τὸ σῶμα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.2.8; σ. τῇ γλώσσῃ LXX.Eze.3.6 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; μοῖρα σ. epigram cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.12.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εὐεπίη (of Aeschylus) [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.39 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus); ἀπειλά “Hymm.Is.” 170; λέξις 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 24, compare “Comp.” 22 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; -ώτερος λόγος a bulkier book, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γυμνάσια -ώτερα, -ώτατα, more (most) violent, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.21.4, 6.35.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb, πύλαι.. πύκα -ρῶς ἀραρυῖαι gates close shut, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.454 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βαρύνων τὸν κλοιὸν σ. [[ LXX.Hab.2.6 ] LXX]; φρόντιζε σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 2.5. (Prob. _cognate_ with στείβω.) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]