STI 
STI 
STI 
manner. Liv. Sternere corpora, or, 
yirg. se, or, Liv. sterni, A. e. to throw 
one’s self to the ground, lie down, fall 
prostrate. Hence, Stratus, a, um, lying. 
Cic. liuini. Horut. sub arbuto. Liv. 
Stratus somno, h. e. sleeping. Cic. Stra¬ 
tus ad pedes alicujus. - IT Also, to 
extend, stretch forth. Plin. Insul® ster- 
nuntur inter Helium ac Flevum.- 
H Also, to level, make straight. Cic. lo¬ 
cum, h. e. to level with the ground, 
yirg. sequora, h. e. to calm, still. IIo- 
rat. ventos, h. e. to calm. — Hence, to 
make passable, make a path. Lucret. 
viam per mare. Sil. Iter sternere. — 
Particularly, by paving, to pave. Liv. 
viam silice. Id. Via strata, h. e. a 
street. Virg. Strata viarum, for strate 
vite.-IT Also, to cover by strewing, 
or, in general, to cover. Herat, nemus 
foiiis. yirg. humum stipula. Lucret. 
campos arboribus. yirg. Terrain ctesi 
stravere juvenci. Juvenal. Stratum 
classibus lequor. — Hence, to spread or 
cover the couches on which people slept or 
reclined at table. Cic. lectulos pellibus, 
or, simply, Id. Sternere lectum, h. e. to 
cover with cushions or mattresses, get 
ready. So, also, Cic. triclinium. Plin. 
Ep. Sternere, li. e. to make or get ready 
a place to lie on. — Liv. Equum sternere, 
h. e. to saddle. 
ETeRNuMeNTUM (sternuo), i, n. any 
2 thing that causes sneezing. Plin. - 
IT Also, a sneezing, nrappos. Plin. 
STeRNOS (nrapvvpai), is, ui, utum, n. 
2 and a. 3. to sneeze or neese,nralpa>, nrap- 
vvpai. Plin. -IT Also, of a lamp, to 
crackle. Ovid. -IT Also, transitively, 
to give by sneezing. Prop. Sternuere 
omen alicui. 
STeRNOTaMeNTUM (sternuto), i, n. a 
sneezing or neezing, irrappds. Cic. - 
IT Also, any thing that causes to sneeze. 
Plin. Ed. Elzev. (But Ed. Hard, reads 
sternumentum.) 
STERNOTATI5 (Id.), onis, f. a sneezing, 
■nrapuds. Apul. 
STeRNuTS (frequentat. of sternuo), as, 
3 avi, atum, n. 1. to sneeze often, sneeze, 
nrdpvvpai. Petron. 
ST£R5Pe (Trcponq), es, f. one of the Plei¬ 
ades. Ovid. 
STERQPkS CSrepdnris), is, m. one of the 
smiths of Vulcan. Virg. 
STeRGUJILINIUM, or STTiRCOLINr- 
3 UM, or STeRCDLINUM (stercus), i, 
n. a dunghill, laystall, mixen, Konp&v. 
Cato. 
STeRTINIOS, ii, m. a Stoic philosopher. 
Herat. —Hence, Stertinius, a, um, adj. 
St.ertinian. Horat. 
STeRTQ ((SspSo), SapSavco), is, ui, n. 3. 
to snore, snort, breathe hard through the 
nose, peyxo. Cic. -IT Also, to sleep, 
sleep fast. Terent. 
STHENEBCEX, or STIIENOBCEX, ®, f. 
the wife of Praetus ; she fell in love with 
Bcllcrophon. — Hence, Stheneboeius, or 
Sthenoboelus, a, um, adj. relating to 
Sthenobma. Sidon. heros, h. e. Bel¬ 
lerophon. 
STHENELOS, i, m. a Grecian who fought 
at Troy. Virg. -IT Also, the father of 
Eurystheus. Val. Flacc. -IT Also, a 
king of Liguria, whose son Cycnus zoos 
changed into a swan. — Hence, Stliene- 
lelus, a, um, adj. Ovid, hostis, h. e. 
Eurystheus. — Stheneleis, idis, f. Ov¬ 
id. volucris, h. c. a swan. 
STIBADIUM (anfidSiov), ii, n. a semi- 
2 circular seat or couch, otherwise called 
Sigma. Plin. Ep. 
STIBIUM, ii, n. and STIBI, and STIM- 
Mi (oti'/Ji, and crlppi), n. antimony. 
Plin. - IT Also, a kind of black paint 
made of pulverized antimony, and used 
by women to paint their eyebrows black ; 
it is now called Surme by the women 
in the East. Plin. 
STICHA, and STICA (artxn), te, f. a 
kind of grape. Plin. 
STICOLA (perhaps dimin. of stica), at, f. 
2 a kind of grape. Colum. 
STIGMA (arlypa), 3Ltis, n. a mark made 
by puncture. Hence, a mark burnt in, 
a brand, stigma. With such marks 
were branded runaway slaves. Qwm- 
til. Hence, figur. a stigma, infamy, dis¬ 
grace. Martial. Recruits, also, were 
branded with such a mark. Veget. — 
Also, a mark made in the face by an inex¬ 
perienced barber, a cut. Martial. 
STiGMATIAS {ariyparias), a;, m. a 
1 slave who had been stigmatized or branded 
on the forehead. Cic. 
STiGMB (stigma), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
3 to brand, stigmatize , oriyparlgco. Pru¬ 
dent. 
STIGMoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
3 brand-marks, branded, marked by punc¬ 
tures, OTtygaraifiris. Petron. and Plin. 
STILBoN (from nriX/S top, particip. of 
3 crlXfloi), tis, the planet Mercury. 
Apul. 
STILLA (dimin. of stiria), ®, f. a drop, 
araXaypd;. Cic. -IT Figur. a drop, a 
little. Martial, olei. Augustin, temporis. 
- IT Stilla is a drop measured by 
art: Gutta, a natural drop. 
STILLaTIM (stilla), adv. by drops, drop 
by drop, zreptaTdXSqv. Varr. 
STILLaTITIOS, and STILLATTCrOS 
2 (stillo), a, um, adj. that drops, dropping, 
falling in drops, trrayovius. Plin. 
STILLaTIVuS (Id.), a, um, adj. drop¬ 
's ping. Plin. Valerian. 
STILLICIDIUM (stilla&; cado), ii, n. any 
liquid falling in drops, GraXaygds. Lu¬ 
cret. Stillicidii casus lapidem cavat. 
Plin. Stillicidia urinae, h. e. a strangu¬ 
ry. Hence, Senec. Per stillicidia amit- 
tere animam, h. c. gradually. -If Par¬ 
ticularly, the water that drops from the 
eaves of houses. Vitruv. 
STILL5 (stilla), as, avi, atum, a. and 
n. 1. to fall in drops, drop, distil, trickle 
down, ardPoi. Varr. Vas, unde stillet 
aqua. Ovid. De ilice stillabant mella. 
Cic. Pugio stillans. Hence, Stat. 
Plumis stillare diem, h. e. plenum esse. 
Senec. Orationem stillare, h. e. to flow 
slowly. Calpurn. Stillantes voces, A. e. 
broken sounds. -IT Also, to let fall in 
drops, drop, distil. Horat. rorem ex ocu- 
lis, h. e. tears. 
STILOS, or STyLOS (gtv\os), i, m. prop¬ 
erly, a column, pillar. Hence, a pointed 
stake or spike of iron, as, to put in the 
ground. Cws. -IT Also, a long, round, 
pointed instrument used in agriculture and 
gardening, as, for separating plants. 
Colum. - IT Also, the stem or stalk 
of a plant, as, of asparagus. Colum. 
-IT Also, a style for writing with , 
particularly, the iron style of the Ro¬ 
mans, which was broad at the top and 
pointed below, with which they wrote on 
waxen tablets. Plant. It was especial¬ 
ly used in writing for exercise, or 
when they wrote in haste. When 
they had made a mistake, they turned 
the style, with the broad end of which 
they could erase what had been writ¬ 
ten, and so correct it. Hence, Horat. 
Stilum vertas, A. e. turn the style, ex¬ 
punge, erase, blot out, alter, correct. So, 
also, Cic. Vertit stilum in tabulis. — 
Hence, a writing. Ccecil. in Cic. Ep. 
Or, composition, statement in writing. 
Sueton. Oct. 85 ; Calig. 53. — Also, a 
writing for the sake of practice, a writing 
frequently. Cic. -IT Also, a style or 
manner of writing. Terent. and Cic. 
STIMMI, n. See Stibium. 
STIMOLX (stimulus) se, f. a goddess sup¬ 
posed to excite persons to the performance 
of their work. According to others, 
she was so called because she excited 
persons to lewdness. Ovid. 
STIMOLaTIS (stimulo), onis, f. an ex¬ 
’ll citement, incitement, instigation, stimu¬ 
lation, KCvriepoq. Plin. and Tacit. 
STIMOLaTQR (Id.), oris, m. an exciter, 
3 instigator, stimulator, Kevrwp. Clau- 
dian. 
STIMCLaTRIX (stimulator), Ici3, f. she 
3 that stimulates or incites. Plaut. 
STIMOLEOS (stimulus), a, um, adj. con- 
3 sisting in prickles or goads. Plaut. sup- 
plicium, A. e. a punishment of slaves 
with pricking or goading, Kcvrpivoy. 
Plant, stimuli. 
STIM0L5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
prick, goad, kcvtcw. Colum. Ea res 
ferum prohibet a rixa, cum stimulatum 
suo ictu ipse se sauciat. Lucan, cur- 
rus, A. e. equos, to drive on. -IT Al¬ 
so, to torment, vex, trouble, disturb. Cic. 
Te conscienti® stimulant maleficio-| 
rum. - IT Also, to incite, instigate, 
impel, excite, provoke. Cic. Stimulabat | 
me, ut caverem. Liv. ad arma. Plin. 
animantium conceptus, A. c animantia 
ad concipiendum. 
STIMOLoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
3 goads or prickles, full of incentives or in¬ 
citements. Cal. Aurel. 
STIMdLOS (erl^cj), i, m. a prickle, any 
sharp-pointed thing, such, for example, as 
were concealed under the surface of the 
ground, in order to annoy an enemy, 
especially his cavalry. C<es. — Particu¬ 
larly, an instrument with a sharp point, 
with which countrymen pricked their oxen 
in ploughing, and roused them to work, a 
goad, KcoTpov. Plaut. — Slaves used to 
be punished or tortured with it. Plaut. 
Hence, by way of contempt. Cic. Dum 
te stirnulis fodiain. — Hence, of the 
horses of the sun.. Ovid. Parce stimu- 
lis, A. e. with us, spare the whip. — Also, 
of the inspiration of the sibyl. Virg. 
Stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, A. e. 
spurs as it were. - IT Figur. a 
sting, cause of unquietness, pang, tor¬ 
ment. Cic. doloris. Liv. Amoris sti¬ 
muli, A. c. jealousy. - IT Also, an 
incitement, inducement, incentive. Cic. 
glorife. Id. Stimulos admovere homi- 
ni, A. e. to stimulate, incite. So, also, 
Q uintil. addere, or, Ovid, adjicere.- 
IT Stimulum, i, n. Plaut. Stimulum in 
manu est. 
STINGUS (otiJcj), is, nxi, nctum, a. 3. 
3 to extinguish. Lucret. ignes. Id. Stin- 
gui, A. e. to be extinguished, to die, to 
fade. 
STIPaTIS (stipo), onis, f. a stuffing, 
cramming, filling up close, crowding to¬ 
gether. Hence, a crowd of people. ’Plin. 
Ep. Tanta stipatione cetera teneban- 
tur. — Also, of animals and things, a 
crowd, throng, great number. Plin. — 
Also, a suite, retinue, train, number of at¬ 
tendants. Cic. Autronii aspectus, con- 
cursatio, stipatio, greges hominum per- 
ditorum. 
STIPaTBR (Id.), oris, m. one of a suite, 
a guard, body-guard of a king. Cic. — 
Hence, in an odious sense, of persons 
who attend one in a similar manner, an 
attendant, companion. Cic. QuisestSer^ 
gius? armiger Catilina?, stipator tui 
corporis, signifer seditionis. 
STIPaTOS, a, um, particip. from stipo. 
—— IT Adj. surrounded, encompassed, en¬ 
vironed. Sidon. Stipatissimus ab omni 
ordine. 
STIPeNDIaLIS (stipendium), e, adj. re- 
3 lating to tribute. Sidon. Stipendiale foe- 
dus, A. e. by which one engages to pay 
tribute. 
STIPEND!aRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. relat¬ 
ing to tribute. Hence, bound to pay a 
yearly tribute or contribution, tributary, 
stipendiary, vnoreXfis. Ctes. civitas. 
Cic. homo. Cats. iEduos sibi stipendia¬ 
ries factos. Also, as a subst. Id. Sti- 
pendiarii /Eduorum. ( Stipcndarii and 
Vectigalcs are thus distinguished ; that 
the former pay annually a fixed sum 
by way of tribute, and the latter pay 
taxes according to the amount of their 
property and the produce of their 
lands.) — Cic. Vectigal stipendiarium, 
A. c. a fixed annual contribution of money. 
-IT Also, relating to pay, serving for 
pay or hire, receiving pay. Auct. B. 
Afric. cohors. Liv. Stipendiarii facti 
sunt. 
STTPeNDIOR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep. 
2 1. to be paid, to serve for hire, yiaSotyo- 
peco. Plin. Regi peditum sexcenta mil- 
lia stipendiantur. Hence, Terlull. Bu- 
tyro stipendiati, A. e. receiving as though 
in payment or for maintenance. 
STiPeNDIUM (for stipipendium, from 
stips & pendo), ii, n. the pay of sol¬ 
diers, diroipopd. Cic. Stipendium mili- 
tibus persolvere, or, Liv. dare, or, Cic. 
numerare. Liv. accipere. Hence, Cic. 
Stipendia merere, or mereri, A. e. to do 
military service, serve as a soldier. — 
Hence, a campaign, military service. Sal¬ 
lust. and Liv. Stipendia facere, or, Cic. 
merere, or. Id. mereri, A. e. to serve as a 
soldier, do military service. Ncpos. Pri- 
mum stipendium meruit, A. e. made his 
first campaign. Cic. Milites ftipernios 
confectis, or, Liv. emeritis, A. e. who 
have completed the time of their service. 
Plin. Ep. Castrensibus stipendiis im* 
