στοά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- στοιᾱ́ (stoiā́)
- στωῐ̈ᾱ́ (stōïā́)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *stōyyā́, from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂-w-ih₂, from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognates include Old English stōwian, stōw (English stow), Sanskrit स्थावर (sthāvará), Persian ستاوند (sotâvand), Lithuanian stovéti, stovà, Old Church Slavonic ставити (staviti). Compare ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sto.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stoˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stoˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stoˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stoˈa/
Noun
στοᾱ́ • (stoā́) f (genitive στοᾶς); first declension
- roofed enclosure supported by pillars, portico, colonnade, piazza, arcade, cloister
- various buildings supported by pillars, stoa
- royal court
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ στοᾱ́ hē stoā́ |
τὼ στοᾱ́ tṑ stoā́ |
αἱ στοαί hai stoaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στοᾶς tês stoâs |
τοῖν στοαῖν toîn stoaîn |
τῶν στοῶν tôn stoôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στοᾷ têi stoâi |
τοῖν στοαῖν toîn stoaîn |
ταῖς στοαῖς taîs stoaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στοᾱ́ν tḕn stoā́n |
τὼ στοᾱ́ tṑ stoā́ |
τᾱ̀ς στοᾱ́ς tā̀s stoā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στοᾱ́ stoā́ |
στοᾱ́ stoā́ |
στοαί stoaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- στωϊκός (stōïkós), Στωϊκός (Stōïkós)
Descendants
References
- στοά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στοά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4745 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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