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▪ I. ‖ stater1 Antiq.|ˈsteɪtə(r)|
[a. L. stater, a. Gr. στατήρ, f. στα-, ἱστάναι (see stand v.) in the sense ‘to weigh’.]
1. An ancient weight.
According to Isidore Etym. xvi. xxv. it was half an ounce. In antiquity it was variously 2, 3, and 4 drachmæ.
1382Wyclif Ezek. iv. 10 Thi meet..shal be in weiȝt twenti stateris [1611 shekels (lit. from Heb.), LXX. σίκλους, Vulg. stateres] that is ten ouncis. 1631J. Anchoran Comenius' Gate Tongues 170 A statere [L. statera] is a weauers or clothiers pound to be carried.
2. A name of various ancient coins.
The gold coins so called were the Persian stater or daric, the Athenian stater, the Cyzicene stater. The name was also applied to various silver coins; in Roman times chiefly to the tetradrachm, as in Matt. xvii. 27.
1382Wyclif Matt. xvii. 27 His [sc. the fish's] mouth openyd, thou shalt fynde stater, that is, a certeyn of moneye. 1483Caxton Golden Leg. 202/4 He fond the Statere or piece of money in the fisshes mouth. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. viii. 32 Antoninus, whose apprehensions so honoured his Poems, that..for every verse, hee assigned him a Stater of gold. 1771M. Raper Anc. Money in Phil. Trans. LXI. 480 The silver Stater, or Tetradrachm, is the most common Attic coin now remaining. 1854J. D. Burns Vis. Prophecy 49 A fish to Peter's hook the Stater brings. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 216 The penalty was fixed at a stater. Note. If the gold stater, about 16s.; if the silver Athenian stater, about 3s. 3d.; if the silver Corinthian stater (ten Aeginetan obols), about 2s. 2d.
▪ II. stater2|ˈsteɪtə(r)|
[f. state v. + -er1.]
One who states. average stater = average-adjuster: see average n.2 4 b.
17023rd Let. to Gentl. in Country 21 The Stater of the Case..makes me to affirm the Former. 1702R. Crosfeild Affection of People 6 Those Gentlemen that were then the Publick Staters of Accounts. 1820Lady Granville Let. 6 Sept., Lett. (1894) I. 179 It is of no use what is stated when people are resolved not to believe the staters. 1884Times 5 Apr. 5 Mr. Smith..for many years carried on business at Glasgow as an average stater. |