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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

  • Θεμιστοκλέα μὲν γὰρ καὶ Κίμωνα καὶ Περικλέα στοῶν καὶ χρημάτων καὶ φλυαρίασ πολλῆσ ἐμπλῆσαι τὴν πόλιν, Ἀριστείδην δὲ πολιτεύσασθαι πρὸσ ἀρετήν. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 6:4)
  • διαπραξάμενοι δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τοῖσ περὶ Μέλωνα συμβαλόντεσ ἔπεμψαν μὲν εἰσ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὑπολελειμμένουσ ἐκεῖ τῶν φυγάδων, ἐκάλουν δὲ τοὺσ πολίτασ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, καὶ τοὺσ προσιόντασ ὥπλιζον, ἀφαιροῦντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν στοῶν τὰ περικείμενα σκῦλα, καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐργαστήρια δορυξόων καὶ μαχαιροποιῶν ἀναρρηγνύντεσ. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 12 1:1)
  • τῶν δὲ καὶ προσήψατο ἡ φλόξ ἀπὸ τε τῶν στοῶν καὶ τοῦ πύργου πολλὴ ἀπενεχθεῖσα καὶ τι καὶ τοῦ ἀνέμου ταύτῃ ἐπιφέροντοσ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 23 3:1)
  • οἰέσθε ἀγορᾶσ καὶ θεάτρου καὶ γυμνασίων καὶ στοῶν καὶ χρημάτων εἶναί τι ὄφελοσ τοῖσ στασιάζουσιν; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 17:1)
  • ἐπεὶ μέντοι κατεδίωξαν εἰσ τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ βουλευτηρίου καὶ τοῦ τῆσ Ἑστίασ ἱεροῦ καὶ τοῦ πρὸσ ταῦτα προσήκοντοσ θεάτρου, ἐμάχοντο μὲν οὐδὲν ἧττον καὶ ἐώθουν πρὸσ τὸν βωμόν, ἀπὸ μέντοι τῶν στοῶν τε καὶ τοῦ βουλευτηρίου καὶ τοῦ μεγάλου ναοῦ βαλλόμενοι καὶ ἐν τῷ ἰσοπέδῳ μαχόμενοι, ἀποθνῄσκουσιν ἄλλοι τε τῶν Ἠλείων καὶ αὐτὸσ ὁ τῶν τριακοσίων ἄρχων Στρατόλασ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 41:1)

Synonyms

  1. royal court

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