Stagira

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Stăgīra, ōrum, n., = Στάγειρα,

I a town in Macedonia , the birthplace of Aristotle , Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38; Amm. 27, 4, 8.

II —Hence, Stăgīrītes , ae, m., = Σταγειρίτης, the Stagirite , i. e. Aristotle , Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; also written Stăgērītes , Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.