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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

  • "μέμνησο οὖν ταῦτά τε ἀπαγγεῖλαι τῷ Διὶ καὶ προσθεῖναι δ’ ὅτι μὴ δυνατὸν ἐστί μοι κατὰ χώραν μένειν, ἢν μὴ τοὺσ φυσικοὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἐπιτρίψῃ καὶ τοὺσ διαλεκτικοὺσ ἐπιστομίσῃ καὶ τὴν Στοὰν κατασκάψῃ καὶ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν καταφλέξῃ καὶ παύσῃ τὰσ ἐν τοῖσ περιπάτοισ διατριβάσ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 20:13)
  • ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ πάτερ, εἰ καὶ μέτοικόσ εἰμι, οὐκ ὀκνήσω ὅμωσ τὰ δοκοῦντά μοι εἰπεῖν ὁπόταν γὰρ ἤδη συνελθόντεσ διαλέγωνται, τηνικαῦτα, ἢν μὲν ὁ Τιμοκλῆσ ὑπέρσχῃ, ἐάσωμεν προχωρεῖν τὴν συνουσίαν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἢν δέ τι ἑτεροῖον ἀποβαίνῃ, τότε ἤδη τὴν στοὰν αὐτὴν ἔγωγε, εἰ δοκεῖ, διασείσασ ἐμβαλῶ τῷ Δάμιδι, ὡσ μὴ κατάρατοσ ὢν ὑβρίζῃ ἐσ ἡμᾶσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 32:1)
  • Ἡράκλεισ, ὦ Ἡράκλεισ, ἄγροικον τοῦτο εἴρηκασ καὶ δεινῶσ Βοιώτιον, συναπολέσαι ἑνὶ πονηρῷ τοσούτουσ χρηστούσ,^ καὶ προσέτι τὴν στοὰν αὐτῷ Μαραθῶνι καὶ Μιλτιάδῃ καὶ Κυνεγείρῳ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 32:2)
  • μῶν εἰσ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν ἢ εἰσ τὴν Στοὰν ἢ ^ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λυκείου ποιησώμεθα τὴν ἀρχήν; (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 52:9)
  • νῦν δὲ ἐπεὶ τὰ Στωϊκῶν προετίμησασ, πρὸσ τὴν Στοὰν ἀποτετάσθαι ὁ λόγοσ ἔδοξεν οὐδὲν ἐξαίρετον πρὸσ αὐτὴν ἔχων. (Lucian, 177:2)

Synonyms

  1. royal court

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