στάχυς [στᾰχῡς [
Refs 5th c.BC+], υος, ὁ:
plural στάχυες [
Refs].1424a333, etc;
Epic dialect dative σταχύεσσιν [
LXX+8th c.BC+]—
ear of corn, in
plural, Il.[same place], [
NT+8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ καλάμης. στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) generally,
scion, progeny, σ. ἄρσην [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δισσὸν Βορέον σ. [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ. [
Refs]
3) name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo,
Spica Virginis, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
lower part of the abdomen, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III)
base horehound, Stachys germanica, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV) νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, [
Refs]; ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V)
surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI) παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
VII) = Heb.
shibboleth, [
LXX]