, in Hom. both in sg. and pl., always of males (στῆθοσ being used of both sexes), βάλε δουρὶ ς. ὑπὲρ μαζοῖοIl.4.528, cf. 2.479, etc.; κρήδεμνον ὑπὸ στέρνοιο τάνυσσαιOd.5.346, cf. Pi.N.10.68, X.An.1.8.26: pl., εὐρύτερος δ' ὤμοισιν ἰδὲ στέρνοισινIl.3.194; ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη ..στέρνοισι πατάσσει 13.282; ς. λαχνάενταPi.P.1.19; so in X., Cyr.1.2.13; παίσας εἰς τὰ ς ... παῖδα ib.4.6.4; of horses, Il.23.365 (sg. in 508); of sheep, Od.9.443; in Trag. also of women, in sg., E.Hec.563; pl., μαστούς τ' ἔδειξε στέρνα θ' ib.560; στέρνων πλαγαί beating of the
of the fire, Nic.Th.924.— Rare in early Prose (v. supr.); found also in Medic., in signf. 1.1, Hp.Flat.10 (pl.), Sor.1.103, al., Gal.16.608, 18(2).65, al. (all sg.); τὰ ς. μαχαίρᾳ ἀνσχίσσανταIG42(1).121.99 (Epid., iv B.C.); never in Arist. (f.l. for στενῶν in Pr.905b40). III.