stamen

stāmen, ĭnis, n. [sto], the warp in the upright loom of the ancients (cf.: trama, subtemen).

I.

Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Tib. 1, 3, 86; Ov. M. 6, 54 sq.; 6, 576; 4, 275; 4, 397 al.—

II.

Transf., in gen.

A.

A thread hanging from the distaff:

aut ducunt lanas aut stamina pollice versant,

Ov. M. 4, 34; 4, 179; 4, 221;

12, 475: operoso stamine,

id. A. A. 1, 695:

et minuent plenas stamina nostra colos,

id. H. 3, 76:

deducere plenā stamina longa colu,

Tib. 1, 3, 86; 1, 6, 78:

digitis dum torques stamina duris,

Ov. H. 9, 79.—Of the threads of the Parcae, Tib. 1, 7, 2; 3, 3, 36; Ov. M. 8, 453; id. Tr. 5, 13, 24; 4, 1, 63; Luc. 3, 19; 6, 777. —Hence, de legibus queri Fatorum et nimio de stamine, too long a thread of life, Juv. 10, 252.— Poet.:

fallebam stamine somnum,

i. e. by spinning, Prop. 1, 3, 41.—

B.

Of threads of other sorts;

thus, of the thread of Ariadne,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42;

of the spider,

Ov. M. 6, 145; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80;

of a net,

id. 19, 1, 2, § 11; of the stamina of the lily, id. 21, 5, 11, § 23; the fibres of wood, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186; the strings of an instrument, Ov. M. 11, 169.—

C.

(Pars pro toto.) A cloth made of threads; so the fillets of priests, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 52; Sil. 3, 25.— A garment, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 304; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 346; id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 34.