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στοά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στοά̄ στοᾶς

Structure: στο (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. roofed enclosure supported by pillars, portico, colonnade, piazza, arcade, cloister
  2. various buildings supported by pillars, stoa
  3. royal court

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ οὕτωσ ἐποίησε τῷ πυλῶνι τοῦ ναοῦ, φλιαὶ ξύλων ἀρκευθίνων, στοαὶ τετραπλῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:32)
  • καὶ αἱ στοαὶ κατὰ νώτου τῶν πυλῶν, κατὰ τὸ μῆκοσ τῶν πυλῶν τὸ περίστυλον τὸ ὑποκάτω. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:18)
  • διαγεγραμμέναι ὃν τρόπον αἱ πύλαι τῆσ αὐλῆσ τῆσ ἐσωτέρασ καὶ ὃν τρόπον τὰ περίστυλα τῆσ αὐλῆσ τῆσ ἐξωτέρασ, ἐστιχισμέναι ἀντιπρόσωποι στοαὶ τρισσαί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 42:3)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ στοαί. διότι τριπλαῖ ἦσαν καὶ στύλουσ οὐκ εἶχον καθὼσ οἱ στῦλοι τῶν ἐξωτέρων, διὰ τοῦτο ἐξείχοντο τῶν ὑποκάτωθεν καὶ τῶν μέσων ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 42:6)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὸν εὔριπον ᾠκοδόμηνται στοαὶ τρίστεγοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 68 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. royal court

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