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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative στέγη στέγᾱ στέγαι
Genitive στέγης στέγαιν στεγῶν
Dative στέγῃ στέγαιν στέγαις
Accusative στέγην στέγᾱ στέγᾱς
Vocative στέγη στέγᾱ στέγαι

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

  • σκύλων ἐν ὄχλῳ ταῖσδε σῴζεται στέγαισ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:37)
  • ὅσαι δ’ ἄκληροι Τρῳάδων, ὑπὸ στέγαισ ταῖσδ’ εἰσί, τοῖσ πρώτοισιν ἐξῃρημέναι στρατοῦ, σὺν αὐταῖσ δ’ ἡ Λάκαινα Τυνδαρὶσ Ἑλένη, νομισθεῖσ’ αἰχμάλωτοσ ἐνδίκωσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:14)
  • ὅσασ μὲν οὖν εἴληφα, δεσμίουσ χέρασ σῴζουσι πανδήμοισι πρόσπολοι στέγαισ· (Euripides, episode 2:1)
  • ἔδοξε δ’ Ἄργει τῷδε μήθ’ ἡμᾶσ στέγαισ, μὴ πυρὶ δέχεσθαι, μήτε προσφωνεῖν τινα μητροκτονοῦντασ· (Euripides, episode 3:5)
  • ἀεὶ δ’ ἀοιδῶν μοῦνοσ ἐν στέγαισ ἐμαῖσ κωκυτὸσ ἐμπέπτωκεν· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 6 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. roof

  2. shelter

  3. roofed place

  4. house

  5. deck of a ship

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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