- στοιβή
- στοιβ-ή, ἡ, ([etym.] στείβω)A thorny burnet, Poterium spinosum, Hp. Mul.2.186, Thphr.HP6.1.3, LXXIs.55.13, Dsc.4.12; its branches were used to make brooms,
τὴν στέγην ὀφέλλοντα . . πυθμένι στοιβῆς Hippon.51
; also to pack wine-jars, Trypho ap.A.D.Conj.247.27.2 cushion, pad, Arist.PA654b26.3 padding, Eup.Fr.inc.132 M. (om. Kock, v. Fr.409 K.); καθάπερ ς. like stuffing, Gal.UP7.2,8, cf. 12.3: metaph., 'padding', an expletive, Ar.Ra.1178, cf. Phld.Rh.2.40 S.4 foundation-course below stylobate, IG42(1).102.3, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), 5(2).33 (Tegea, iii B.C.).5 heap of corn, LXX Ru. 3.7; sheaf, shock of corn, ib.Jd.15.5 cod. A ([etym.] στυβ-).
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