stoa

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).

Noun

stoa (plural stoae or stoæ or stoai or stoas)

  1. In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      They could not vote, attend the theater, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:porch

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Finnish

Noun

stoa

  1. (architecture) stoa

Declension

Declension of stoa (type koira)
singular plural
nominative stoa stoat
genitive stoan stoien
stoain
partitive stoaa stoia
accusative stoa
stoan		 stoat
inessive stoassa stoissa
elative stoasta stoista
illative stoaan stoiin
adessive stoalla stoilla
ablative stoalta stoilta
allative stoalle stoille
essive stoana stoina
translative stoaksi stoiksi
instructive – stoin
abessive stoatta stoitta
comitative – stoineen

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