στέγαστρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στέγω (stégō, “to cover”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sté.ɡas.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈste.ɡas.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.ɣas.tron/
Noun
στέγᾰστρον • (stégăstron) n (genitive στεγᾰ́στρου); second declension
- covering, cover, wrapper (especially of leather)
- receptacle, place in which to hide or keep anything
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στέγᾰστρον tò stégăstron |
τὼ στεγᾰ́στρω tṑ stegắstrō |
τᾰ̀ στέγᾰστρᾰ tằ stégăstră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στεγᾰ́στρου toû stegắstrou |
τοῖν στεγᾰ́στροιν toîn stegắstroin |
τῶν στεγᾰ́στρων tôn stegắstrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στεγᾰ́στρῳ tōî stegắstrōi |
τοῖν στεγᾰ́στροιν toîn stegắstroin |
τοῖς στεγᾰ́στροις toîs stegắstrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στέγᾰστρον tò stégăstron |
τὼ στεγᾰ́στρω tṑ stegắstrō |
τᾰ̀ στέγᾰστρᾰ tằ stégăstră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στέγᾰστρον stégăstron |
στεγᾰ́στρω stegắstrō |
στέγᾰστρᾰ stégăstră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στεγαστρίς (stegastrís)
Descendants
- Greek: στέγαστρο (stégastro)
Further reading
- “στέγαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στέγαστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette