στατήρ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵστημι (hístēmi, to put, place, set) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr), hence literally "that which sets, settles".

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Noun

στᾰτήρ (statḗrm (genitive στᾰτῆρος); third declension

  1. a weight, a standard
  2. a stater (a type of coin)

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