A.equipment, esp. for warlike purposes, expedition by land or (more frequently) sea, freq. in Hdt.; “στόλον . . οὐκέτι κατὰ θάλασσαν στείλαντες ἀλλὰ κατ᾽ ἤπειρον” 5.64; freq. folld. by ἐπί c. acc., ὁ ἐπ᾽ Αἰθίοπας ς. 3.25; ἐπὶ Λιβύην στρατιῆς μέγας ς. 4.145; “ἐλέγετο ὁ ς. εἶναι εἰς Πισίδας” X.An.3.1.9; ὁ πρὸς Ἴλιον ς. S.Ph.247; οὔτε τοῦ πρώτου ς. ib.73; “λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον” A.Pers.795, cf. E. Hec.1141; τεθριπποβάμων ς. an equipage with four horses, Id.Or. 989 (lyr.).
2. generally, journey or (oftener) voyage, ὁ οἴκαδε ς. S.Ph.499; οὔ μοι μακρὸς εἰς Οἴτην ς. ib.490; “ς. ποιεῖσθαι” X.An.1.3.16; “πλεῦσαι” S.Ph.1037; ἰδίῳ ς. in a journey privately undertaken, on one's own account, opp. δημοσίῳ ς., Hdt.5.63, cf. Th.8.9; κοινῷ ς. Hdt.6.39; ἐλευθέρῳ ς. with free course, Pi.P.8.98; πατρῷον στόλον (acc. cogn.) ἑσπόμην by my father's sending, S.Tr.562.
b. the purpose or cause of a journey, mission, errand, Id.OC358; τίνι ς. προσέσχες . .; πόθεν πλέων; where Neoptolemus answers ἐξ Ἰλίου . . ναυστολῶ, Id.Ph.244; “ὁ δὲ ς. νῷν ἐστι παρὰ τὸν Τηρέα” Ar.Av.46: metaph., “τρίτος ἡμῖν ς. ἐστὶ τοῦ λόγου ἐπὶ τὴν τέχνην” D.H.Rh.11.9.
c. equipment in concrete sense, “πραθέντος τοῦ στόλου εἰς βασίλεια” IPE12.32A45 (Olbia, iii B.C.); ἱερὸς ς. sacred vestments, Milet.1(7).209 (iii A.D.).
3. armament, army, τὸν ἑπτάλογχον ς., of the Seven against Thebes, S.OC1305, cf. Tr.226,496, etc.; seaforce, fleet, Hdt.5.43; ς. χιλιοναύτης, of the expedition against Troy, A.Ag.45 (anap.), cf. 577; “ναυβάτῃ στόλῳ” S.Ph.270; οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ, i.e. in one ship, ib.547, cf. 561; νεῶν ς. Th.1.31; ς. ἀγείρειν ib. 9; “συναγείρειν” Hdt.1.4; “καταλύειν” Id.7.16.β́: generally, party, band, troop, freq. in A.Supp., 28 (anap.), 187, al.; “παίδων, γυναικῶν, καὶ ς. πρεσβυτίδων” Id.Eu.1027, cf. 856 (pl.); νοσεῖ δέ μοι πρόπας ς. all the people, S.OT170 (lyr.); guild, “ὁ ς. τῶν σωληνοκεντῶν” OGI756.5 (Milet.).
