στέμμα, στεμματος, τό (στέφω, perfect passive ἔστεμμαι, to crown, to bind round), a fillet, a garland, put upon victims: Act_14:13 (cf. Winers Grammar, 630 (585); B. D. American edition under the word ). (From Homer down.)

στέμμα stemma 1x a crown, wreath, Act_14:13

* στέμμα , -τος , τό ( < στέφω , to put around, enwreath ), a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Act_14:13 .†

στέμμα [page 588] στέμμα occurs in the NT only in Act_14:13 , where it refers to the sacrificial garlands with which the victims were adorned (cf. Field Notes , p. 122). In P Ryl II. 77 .31 (A.D. 192) it is used in connexion with guilds, οἱ διέπον [τες τὴν τ ]ῶν στεμμάτων [διοίκησι ]ν εἶπον , the administrators of the guilds said (see the editors note), and in P Fay 87 .10 (A.D. 155) a sum is paid τῷ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων προκεχι (ρισμένῳ ), to the official in charge of the stemmata (see the editors note). The sepulchral Kaibel 858 .2 shows στέμμασιν ἀθανάτοις . See further Headlam s elaborate note ad Herodas VIII. 11. For the verb στέφω we may cite P Ryl II. 77 .34 (A.D. 192) στεφέσθω Ἀχιλλεὺς κοσμητείαν , let Achilles be crowned as cosmetes.

στέμμα στέμμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: στέφω] "a wreath, garland", wound by suppliants round a staff or olive branch, Il. , Soph. ; sometimes worn on the head, Hdt.

στέμμα, -τος, τό (στέφω, to put around, enwreath) a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Act.14:13.† (AS)