σταθμός

1. a standing place for animals, Lat. stabulum, a stable, fold, (Iliad by Homer): a stye , (Odyssey by Homer): of men, a dwelling, abode , (Hesiod)

2. quarters, lodgings for travellers or soldiers, Lat. statio, (Xenophon Historicus)

3. in Persia, σταθμοί were stations on the royal road, where the king rested, (Herdotus Historicus): hence a day's journey, day's march , averaging about 5 parasangs or 15 miles, (Herdotus Historicus)

4. like Lat. statio, a station for ships, (Euripides)

5. an upright post, the bearing pillar of the roof, (Odyssey by Homer): a door-post , especially in plural, (Homer), attic

6. the balance , (Aristophanes Comicus); ἱστᾶν σταθμῷ τι πρός τι to weigh one thing against another, (Herdotus Historicus)

7. weight , σταθμὸν ἔχειν τάλαντον to weigh a talent, (Herdotus Historicus); absolute in accusative, ἴσα σταθμόν equal in weight , (Herdotus Historicus); ἡμιπλίνθια σταθμὸν διτάλαντα two talents in or by weight , (Herdotus Historicus):—;in plural weights , (Euripides), etc. (ML)