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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

  • καὶ παλαιστὴν ἕξουσιν γεῖσοσ λελαξευμένον ἔσωθεν κύκλῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰσ τραπέζασ ἐπάνωθεν στέγασ τοῦ καλύπτεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑετοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ ξηρασίασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:42)
  • εἶτ’ ἀνὰ στέγασ φυγάδεσ ἔβησαν· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 3:12)
  • ἃ γὰρ γυναιξὶ σώφρον’ ἔσθ’ ηὑρημένα, ταῦτ’ ἐξεμόχθουν Ἕκτοροσ κατὰ στέγασ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 2:7)
  • Βρόμιοσ <ὅδ’> ἀλα‐ λάζεται στέγασ ἔσω. (Euripides, episode, lyric6)
  • αἷμα δ’ ἔτι πατρὸσ κατὰ στέγασ μέλαν σέσηπεν, ὃσ δ’ ἐκεῖνον ἔκτανεν, ἐσ ταὐτὰ βαίνων ἁρ́ματ’ ἐκφοιτᾷ πατρί, καὶ σκῆπτρ’ ἐν οἷσ Ἕλλησιν ἐστρατηλάτει μιαιφόνοισι χερσὶ γαυροῦται λαβών. (Euripides, episode 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. roof

  2. shelter

  3. roofed place

  4. house

  5. deck of a ship

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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