στεάτ-ιον

στεάτ-ιον, τό, Dim. of στέαρ, Alex.84.

II = ζύμη (cf. Aët.8.51), Paul.Aeg.3.28.8.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `(standing) fat, tallow' (opposite πιμελή), also `dough' = σταῖς (Od., Hp., X., Arist. etc.).

Other forms: (disyllabic φ 178 = 183), hell. pap. a. o. στῆτος with nom. στῆρ.

Derivatives: Dimin. στεάτ-ιον n. (Alex., Paul. Aeg.), - ώδης `tallowy' (Hp., Arist. a. o.), - ινος `of tallow, of dough' (Aesop.), - ωμα n. `tallow formation, fat-tumour' with - ωμάτιον n. (medic.), - ῖται πλακοῦντες H. as expl. of πίονες; - όομαι `to be tallowed' (LXX), `to suffer from a fat-tumour' (Hippiatr.); also στε-άζω `to tallow' (Al.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1010] *steh₂i̯-r̥

Etymology: Old formation like πῖαρ, οὖθαρ a.o. (Schwyzer 518, Benveniste Origines 19, 27 a. 169); without immediate agreement outside Greek. Can stand for *στῆι̯αρ, -στᾱι̯αρ (from which with metathesis στέᾱρ [LSJ Add. et Corr. s. v.]), which makes connection with Av. stā(y)- m. `heap, mass' possible (but instr. pl. stāiš). To this with zero grade Skt. stī-má- `slow' of waters, in antevoc. position sty-āna- `curdled, fixed, stiff', prob. also stíyāḥ nom. pl. approx. `standing waters' (opposite síndhavaḥ `rivers'; RV) etc.; s. στία. -- Not here σταῖς (s. v.) and ἀγχιστῖνος (s. ἄγχι).

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `(standing) fat, tallow' (opposite πιμελή), also `dough' = σταῖς (Od., Hp., X., Arist. etc.).

Other forms: (disyllabic φ 178 = 183), hell. pap. a. o. στῆτος with nom. στῆρ.

Derivatives: Dimin. στεάτ-ιον n. (Alex., Paul. Aeg.), - ώδης `tallowy' (Hp., Arist. a. o.), - ινος `of tallow, of dough' (Aesop.), - ωμα n. `tallow formation, fat-tumour' with - ωμάτιον n. (medic.), - ῖται πλακοῦντες H. as expl. of πίονες; - όομαι `to be tallowed' (LXX), `to suffer from a fat-tumour' (Hippiatr.); also στε-άζω `to tallow' (Al.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1010] *steh₂i̯-r̥

Etymology: Old formation like πῖαρ, οὖθαρ a.o. (Schwyzer 518, Benveniste Origines 19, 27 a. 169); without immediate agreement outside Greek. Can stand for *στῆι̯αρ, -στᾱι̯αρ (from which with metathesis στέᾱρ [LSJ Add. et Corr. s. v.]), which makes connection with Av. stā(y)- m. `heap, mass' possible (but instr. pl. stāiš). To this with zero grade Skt. stī-má- `slow' of waters, in antevoc. position sty-āna- `curdled, fixed, stiff', prob. also stíyāḥ nom. pl. approx. `standing waters' (opposite síndhavaḥ `rivers'; RV) etc.; s. στία. -- Not here σταῖς (s. v.) and ἀγχιστῖνος (s. ἄγχι).

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