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Stilbon, ōnis, m., = Στίλβων (the shining, glittering),

  1. I. a name of the planet Mercury, Aus. Idyll. 18, 11; Mart. Cap. 8, § 851; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42 fin. (as Greek, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53).
  2. II. One of Actœon’s hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.

Stilicho (written STELICHO, Inscr. Orell. 4999), ōnis, m., the famous general and father-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in his poem De laudibus Stilichonis; cf. also Oros. 7, 37 sq.
Hence, adj.: Stĭlĭchōnĭus, a, um, of or belonging to Stilicho: virgo, i. e. Maria, daughter of Stilicho and wife of Honorius, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 177.

stilla, ae, f. [dim. of stĭria; cf. Fest. s. v. stiricipium, p. 345 Müll.; Corss. 1, p. 518], a drop (a dense, viscous, gummy, fatty drop; whereas gutta is a natural, liquid drop: gutta imbrium est, stilla olei vel aceti, Suet. Fragm. p. 319, 27 Roth).

  1. I. Lit. (rare but class.): stilla muriae, * Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45; Plin. 29, 4, 21, § 70: sicca et sine stillis arbor, Vitr. 2, 9, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 366: olei, App. M. 5, p. 169: stilla saeva (arborum), Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 92.
  2. II. Transf., a drop, i. e. a small quantity (post-Aug.): olei, Mart. 12, 70, 3.
    Trop.: pauculae temporum, a very little, a moment Aug. Ep. 140.
  3. III. In later Lat. = gutta, stillae pluviae, Vulg. Job, 36, 27: roris, id. ib. 38, 28: pluviarum, id. Jer. 3, 3.

stillanter, adv. [stillo], drop by drop, Ambros. Ep. 41, 14.

stillārĭum, ii, n. [stilla], an added drop, a trifling addition, Sen. Ep. 97, 2.

* stillātīcĭus, a, um, adj. [stillo], dropping, dripping, stillatitious: resina, Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 54.

* stillātim, adv. [stilla], by drops, drop by drop: stillatim cadere, Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.

stillātĭo, ōnis, f. [stillo], a dropping down, falling in drops (late Lat.): pluviae, Hier. in Mich. 1, 2, 6.

stillātīvus, a, um, adj. [stillo], dropping, dripping (late Lat.): mel, Plin. Val. 1, 18.

stillĭcĭdĭum (also written stilĭcĭd-; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 33), ii, n. [stilla-cado], a liquid which falls drop by drop, a dripping moisture, stillicide: stillicidium eo quod stillatim cadat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.

  1. I. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stillicidi casus lapidem cavat, Lucr. 1, 313: grandinis, Sen. Q. N. 4, 3, 2: urinae, Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 66; cf. vesicae, id. 28, 8, 32, § 122: arborum, id. 17, 12, 18, § 89: mellis, Tert. Spect. 27 fin.: raritas nubium stillicidia dispergit, App. de Mundo, p. 61.
    1. B. Trop.: per stillicidia emittere animam quam semel exhalare, little by little, Sen. Ep. 101, 14.
  2. II. In partic., falling rain, rain-water falling from the eaves of houses (class.): jura parietum, luminum, stillicidiorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; id. Or. 21, 79; id. Top. 5, 27; Vitr. 2, 1; Dig. 8, 6, 8; 8, 2, 20; Pall. Aug. 8, 2.

stillo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a [stilla].

  1. I. Neutr., to drop, drip, trickle, distil (mostly poet.; syn. roro).
    1. A. Lit.: vas, unde stillet lente aqua, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2: gutta (dulcedinis) in cor, Lucr. 4, 1060: umorem, quasi igni cera super calido tabescens multa liquescat, id. 6, 515: cruor ferro, Prop. 2, 8, 26 (2, 8 b, 26 (10)): unguenta capillo, Tib. 1, 7, 51: de viridi ilice mella, Ov. M. 1, 112: ros, id. ib. 11, 57: hammoniaci lacrima stillat m harenis, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107.
    2. B. Transf., of things which drop or drop with a liquid: saxa guttis manantibu’ stillent, Lucr. 6, 943’ paenula multo nimbo, Juv. 5, 79: coma Syrio rore, Tib. 3, 4, 28: sanguine sidera, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 11; cf.’ arbor sanguineis roribus, Luc. 7, 837; Sen. Thyest 1061
      Without abl.: umida saxa, super viridi stillantia musco, Lucr. 5, 951: ille, qui stillantem prae se pugionem tulit, * Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30: uva, Mart. 10, 56, 5; Vulg. Job, 16, 21.
    3. C. Trop.: stillantes voces, words that ooze out drop by drop, Calp. Ecl. 6, 23; cf.: orationem stillare, Sen. Ep. 40, 3: plumis stillare diem, to be full, to abound in, Stat. Th. 3, 537.
  2. II. Act., to cause to drop, let fall in drops, to drop, distil: stillabit amicis Ex oculis rorem, * Hor. A. P. 429: coctam caepam cum adipe anserino, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 40: stillata De ramis electra, dropped, distilled, Ov. M. 2, 364: stillata cortice myrrha, id. ib. 10, 501; acre malum stillans ocellus, Juv. 6, 109.
    1. B. Trop., to drop, instil: cum facilem stillavit in aurem Exiguum de veneno, Juv. 3, 123.

* 1. stĭlo, āvi, 1, v. n. [stilus, I.], to get stalks, Col. 4, 33, 3.

2. Stĭlo, ōnis, m., a surname of L. Aelius Praeconinus, Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 29; Suet. Gram. 3; cf. v. Hensde, Disquis. de L. Aelio Stilone; and Ritschl, Parerga, p. 239.

Stilpo or Stilpon, ōnis, m., = Στίλπων.

  1. I. A proper name, Ter. ap. Cic. Or. 47, 157.
  2. II. Esp., a philosopher of Megara, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; id. Ac. 2, 24, 75; Sen. Ep. 9, 1.

† stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. στίζω, to stick, puncture; στίγμα, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with στῦλος].

  1. I. In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.): ligneus, Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.
    In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.
    Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron): effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27: cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio, Cic. Brut. 24, 93: orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae, with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so, (comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum, Gell. 3, 3, 13.
      And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.
      Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101: saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.
      But cf.: et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias, i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.
      Comically: stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito, i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. = scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition: stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.: multus stilus et assidua lectio, id. 10, 7, 4: stilus exercitatus, i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150: tardior stilus cogitationem moratur, Quint. 1, 1, 28: neglegens, id. 2, 4, 13: multus, id. 10, 1, 1: tardus, id. 10, 3, 5: rudis et confusus, id. 1, 1, 28: fidelis, id. 10, 7, 7: stilo incumbere, Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9: aliquid stilo prosequi, id. ib. 1, 8, 8; 2, 3, 3: signare stilo, Vell. 1, 16, 1: non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo, in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which: oratione et scripturā, id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.: unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus, the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100: artifex stilus, an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96: familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo, i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.
      2. 2. A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.; in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5: pugnax et quasi bellatorins, id. ib. 7, 9, 7: laetior, id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.: diligentis stili anxietas, Tac. Or. 39: (Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit, Suet. Aug. 85: affectatione obscurabat stilum, id. Tib. 70: stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc., Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.
      3. * 3. A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.