στέμμα, ατος, τό, (στέφω) mostly in
plural (
singular in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
wreath, garland, chaplet, especially of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from
shrine with chaplcts decked, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πάλας, as a prize, [
Refs]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the
crowns of office of magistrates (compare στεπτικός, στέφανος), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) [
Refs 5th c.BC+] were
wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ᾽ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) in
plural, στέμματα
pedigrees, family trees, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; Latin
stemmata quid faciunt? [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2)
guild, [
Refs].
guild of huntsmen, [
Refs]