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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

  • Νεφθαλεὶμ στέλεχοσ ἀνειμένον, ἐπιδιδοὺσ ἐν τῷ γεννήματι κάλλοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:21)
  • 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

  1. the crown of the root

  2. a trunk

  3. a blockhead

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