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στέλεχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: στέλεχος στέλεχους

Structure: στελεχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ste/llw

Sense

  1. the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs
  2. a trunk, log
  3. (figuratively) a blockhead

Declension

Third 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

  • ἡ μὲν οὖν γέφυρα, κεδρίναισ καὶ κυπαριττίναισ δοκοῖσ, ἔτι δὲ φοινίκων στελέχεσιν ὑπερμεγέθεσι κατεστεγασμένη καὶ τριάκοντα ποδῶν οὖσα τὸ πλάτοσ, οὐδενὸσ ἐδόκει τῶν Σεμιράμιδοσ ἔργων τῇ φιλοτεχνίᾳ λείπεσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. the crown of the root

  2. a trunk

  3. a blockhead

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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