στάμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ (“that which stands, stature”).[1] Cognate with Latin stāmen (“warp of a loom; thread hanging from a distaff”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στάμνος • (stámnos) m (genitive στάμνου); second declension

  1. earthen jar
  2. bottle for racking off wine

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στᾰ́μνος; τοῦ στᾰ́μνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ στᾰ́μνος
ho stắmnos 		τὼ στᾰ́μνω
tṑ stắmnō 		οἱ στᾰ́μνοι
hoi stắmnoi
Genitive τοῦ στᾰ́μνου
toû stắmnou 		τοῖν στᾰ́μνοιν
toîn stắmnoin 		τῶν στᾰ́μνων
tôn stắmnōn
Dative τῷ στᾰ́μνῳ
tōî stắmnōi 		τοῖν στᾰ́μνοιν
toîn stắmnoin 		τοῖς στᾰ́μνοις
toîs stắmnois
Accusative τὸν στᾰ́μνον
tòn stắmnon 		τὼ στᾰ́μνω
tṑ stắmnō 		τοὺς στᾰ́μνους
toùs stắmnous
Vocative στᾰ́μνε
stắmne 		στᾰ́μνω
stắmnō 		στᾰ́μνοι
stắmnoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κατασταμνίζω (katastamnízō)
  • σταμνίας (stamnías)
  • σταμνίον (stamníon)
  • σταμνίσκος (stamnískos)
  • συνσταμνίζω (sunstamnízō)

Descendants

  • → Albanian: shtamë
  • → English: stamnos
  • → Old Armenian: ստոման (stoman), ստուման (stuman), ստոմանի (stomani)
  • → Old Georgian: სტამანი (sṭamani), სტომანი (sṭomani)
    • → Svan: სტამან (sṭaman), სტამა̄ნ (sṭamān)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στάμνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1390

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