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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

  • καθάπερ γὰρ σὺ στέγη ἐπὶ τοὺσ στύλουσ τῶν παίδων γενναίωσ ἱδρυμένη, ἀκλινὴσ ὑπήνεγκασ τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων σεισμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:3)
  • οὐκέτι τὸν τοιοῦτον οὔτε στέγῃ τισ ἐδέχετο οὔτε πυρὸσ ἢ ὕδατοσ ἐκοινώνει, ἀλλ’ ἔδει γῆν πρὸ γῆσ ἐλαύνεσθαι ὡσ ἀσεβῆ καὶ ἄθεον καὶ Ἐπικούρειον, ἥπερ ἦν ἡ μεγίστη λοιδορία. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 46:2)
  • πᾶσα δ’ ἐκτύπει στέγη. (Euripides, episode 2:4)
  • "συνέπιπτεν οὖν ἤδη καὶ ἡ στέγη κατέρρει, καὶ ὅλωσ οὐδεὶσ ἦν ὁ θαρρήσων παρελθεῖν εἰσ αὐτήν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 25:4)
  • ἰδοὺ ἰδού, θύελλα σείει δῶμα, συμπίπτει στέγη. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, lyric2)

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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