Words With Similar Definitions
Greek	1: stephanôma	2: itus	3: -	4: -	5: -
Latin	1: fimbriae	2: coronula	3: -	4: -	5: -
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stephan-ê [a^], hê, (stephô) anything that surrounds or encircles the head, etc., for defence or ornament:

I. brim of the helmet, bal' encheï oxuoenti auchen' hupo stephanês euchalkou Hom. Il. 7.12; s. chalkobareia au=Hom. Il. 11.96; the helmet itself, epi stephanên kephalêphin aeiras thêkato chalkeiên au=Hom. Il. 10.30, cf. Plu.2.726f.

2. as a woman's head-dress, diadem, coronal, Hom. Il. 18.597, HH 6.7, Hes. Th. 578, Aristoph. Eccl. 1034; found on statues, IG22.1126.31 (Amphict. Delph., iv B.C.); distd. fr. stephanos, in list of offerings, IBID=au=IG 12.264.62, al.; of men, dôrêsasthai chruseêi stephanêi ton kubernêtên crown of honour, Hdt. 8.118 (v.l. for chruseôi stephanôi); as a piece of outlandish luxury, Aristoph. Kn. 968: metaph., of a city, apo stephanan kekarsai purgôn thou hast been shorn of thy coronal of towers, Eur. Hec. 910 (lyr.), cf. ti=Eur. Tro. 784 (anap.), AP9.97 (Alph.).


b. s. trichôn the outer fringe of hair round bald or shaven crowns, as represented on comic masks, Poll.4.144, cf. au=Poll. 2.40.


3. Medic., sutura coronalis, Aret.CD1.2, Poll.2.39.


b. in the eye, rim of the cornea where it joins the sclerotic, Gal.18(2).47, UP10.2, Ruf.Onom.26, Hsch.; rim of the eyelids, Ruf.Onom.20, Gal.14.767; eyeball, Hp.Vid.Ac.4.

c. a circular muscle, such as the sphincter ani, Poll.2.211; = corona glandis, Antyll.ap.Orib.50.3.6, Ruf.Sat.Gon.5.

d. of animals, upper rim of the hoof, coronet, Opp.C.1.232.

e. in pl., stripes of the wild ass, IBID=au=Opp. C. 3.188.


4. a kind of laurel, of which crowns were made, v.l. for stephanos II.10 in Dsc.4.145.

5. Geom., plane figure contained between two concentric circles, Hero *Deff.au=Hero 4.37=lr.


b. external periphery of a vault, IDEM=Hero*Mens. au=Hero 4.16=lr.


6. pl., rings composing the universe, Parm.ap.Placit.2.7.1.

2. part of the podostrabê, Xen. Hunt. 9.12, cf. Poll.5.32.