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στέγη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στέγη στέγης

Structure: στεγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ste/gw

Sense

  1. roof, ceiling
  2. shelter
  3. (by extension) roofed place, chamber, room
  4. (by extension) storey of a house
  5. (by extension) house, dwelling
  6. (by extension) deck of a ship

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • στέγαι κεκεύθασ’ αἵδε Τρῳάδων ὄχλον. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 6:13)
  • οἶσθ’ οὖν Ἀθάνασ Ἰλίασ ἵνα στέγαι; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:29)
  • ἰδίᾳ γυναικῶν αἰχμαλωτίδων στέγαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:40)
  • ἐπεὶ τὸν ἐσρέοντα διὰ Συμπληγάδων βοῦσ ὑλοφορβοὺσ πόντον εἰσεβάλλομεν, ἦν τισ διαρρὼξ κυμάτων πολλῷ σάλῳ κοιλωπὸσ ἀγμόσ, πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:1)
  • στέγαι δ’ ἔρημοι φίλων, τὰν δ’ ἀνόστιμον τέκνων Χάρωνοσ ἐπιμένει πλάτα βίου κέλευθον ἄθεον ἄδι‐ κον· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 33)

Synonyms

  1. roof

  2. shelter

  3. roofed place

  4. house

  5. deck of a ship

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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