στᾰτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, (ἵστημι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. Αἰγιναῖος as a weight, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
standard coin, struck in various materials, whether gold, electrum, or silver:
II.1) gold, σ. χρυσοῖ, σ. χρυσοῦ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of various standards, e.g. σ. Δαρεικός (compare Δαρεικός) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. Φιλίππειος, Ἀλεξάνδρειος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πτολεμαϊκὸς σ. [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2) electrum [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Phocaea, σ. Φωκαϊται, Φωκαιῆς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) silver, σ. Αἰγιναῖοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Sicily called δεκάλιτρος σ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later applied to the Attic τετράδραχμον, [
Refs 9th c.AD+]; also to the Ptolemaic τ, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 23.55,56; also of the Jewish
shekel, [
NT]
III)
one who owes money, debtor, πολλοὶ σ, ἀποδοτῆρες οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς (οὐδαμεῖ conjecture Kaibel) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]