στέλεχος?
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration: stelechos
Principal Part:
στέλεχος
στέλεχους
Structure:
στελεχο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs
- a trunk, log
- (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.
- Νεφθαλεὶμ στέλεχος ἀνειμένον, ἐπιδιδοὺς ἐν τῷ γεννήματι κάλλος. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:21)
- Καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰς Αἰλείμ, καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ δώδεκα πηγαὶ ὑδάτων καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα στελέχη φοινίκων. παρενέβαλον δὲ ἐκεῖ παρὰ τὰ ὕδατα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:27)
- καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ Πικριῶν καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Αἰλίμ. καὶ ἐν Αἰλὶμ δώδεκα πηγαὶ ὑδάτων καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα στελέχη φοινίκων, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐκεῖ παρὰ τὸ ὕδωρ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:9)
- ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ρίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 14:8)
- εἶπα δέ. ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 29:18)
- "Ὀρεσθεὺς ὁ Δευκαλίωνος ἦλθεν εἰς Αἰτωλίαν ἐπὶ βασιλείᾳ, καὶ κύων αὐτοῦ στέλεχος ἔτεκε: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2 2:1)
- ">φησὶ δὲ καὶ ὅτι συκέης ὁπότε στέλεχος βαθὺ κόπρῳ κακκρύψας ὑδάτεσσιν ἀειναέεσσι νοτίζοις, φύσονται πυθμέσσιν ἀκήριοι: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5279)
Synonyms
-
the crown of the root
- στέλεχον (the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk springs)
-
a trunk
- κορμός (the trunk, logs)
- φάλαγξ (round piece of wood: trunk, log)
-
a blockhead
