Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • εἰσ εἰκόνα Ἀγαθίου Σχολαστικοῦ ἡ πόλισ Ἀγαθίαν τὸν ῥήτορα, τὸν στιχαοιδόν, δίζυγοσ εὐεπίησ ῥυθμὸν ἀγασσαμένη, ὡσ μήτηρ ἐτέλεσσεν ἐφ’ υἱέι, καὶ πόρε τήνδε εἰκόνα, καὶ στοργῆσ μάρτυρα καὶ σοφίησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3161)
  • ἀρκοῦμαι δ’, ἢν μοῦνον ὁ παῖσ ἀνιὼν ἐσ Ὄλυμπον, ἐκ γῆσ νίπτρα ποδῶν δάκρυα τἀμὰ λάβῃ, μναμόσυνον στοργῆσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 68 1:1)
  • ὦ Νύξ, ὦ φιλάγρυπνοσ ἐμοὶ πόθοσ Ἡλιοδώρασ, καὶ σκολιῶν ὄρθρων κνίσματα δακρυχαρῆ, ἆρα μένει στοργῆσ ἐμὰ λείψανα, καὶ τὸ φίλημα μνημόσυνον ψυχρᾷ θάλπετ’ ἐν εἰκασίᾳ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1661)
  • Κύπρι, σοὶ Μελέαγροσ, ὁ μύστησ σῶν κώμων, στοργῆσ σκῦλα τάδ’ ἐκρέμασεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 191 1:3)
  • "οὐδὲ δεῖ τινοσ ἐπ’ αὐτὰ στοργῆσ, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ Αἵδησ αὐτοῖσ ἐστιν οὗτοσ ὁ παρ’ ἡμῖν τόποσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 13:7)

Synonyms

  1. love

  2. sexual love

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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