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στοργή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στοργή στοργῆς

Structure: στοργ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ste/rgw

Sense

  1. love, affection; especially of parents and children
  2. (rarely) sexual love

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

  • ὑμεῖσ δέ, ὦ παῖδεσ ἀγαθοί, πρῶτον μὲν ἐνθυμούμενοι τὴν ἱερὰν φύσιν, ἧσ καὶ παρὰ θηρίοισ αἱ στοργαὶ μένουσιν, ἔπειτα τὸν ποιησάμενον ἡμῶν τὰσ διαλλαγὰσ Καίσαρα, τρίτον ἐμὲ τὸν ἐν οἷσ ἔξεστιν ἐπιτάσσειν παρακαλοῦντα, μείνατε ἀδελφοί. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 660:1)

Synonyms

  1. love

  2. sexual love

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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