στήλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-n-eh₂, from *stel- (“to put, place”) (related to στέλλω (stéllō, “I set, arrange”)), with similarities to Old High German stollo. Alternatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-sleh₂, from *steh₂- (“to stand”) (related to ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”)); this latter derivation is favored by Beekes.[1] Also compare στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) and στάλιξ (stálix, “stake”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στήλη • (stḗlē) f (genitive στήλης); first declension

  1. block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall
  2. block or slab used as a memorial, monument
  3. gravestone, tombstone
  4. monument inscribed with record of victories, dedications or votes of thanks
  5. post placed on mortgage ground, as a record of the fact
  6. boundary post
  7. block of rock crystal, in which Ethiopian mummies were allegedly cased

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στήλη; τῆς στήλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στήλη
hē stḗlē 		τὼ στήλᾱ
tṑ stḗlā 		αἱ στῆλαι
hai stêlai
Genitive τῆς στήλης
tês stḗlēs 		τοῖν στήλαιν
toîn stḗlain 		τῶν στηλῶν
tôn stēlôn
Dative τῇ στήλῃ
tēî stḗlēi 		τοῖν στήλαιν
toîn stḗlain 		ταῖς στήλαις
taîs stḗlais
Accusative τὴν στήλην
tḕn stḗlēn 		τὼ στήλᾱ
tṑ stḗlā 		τᾱ̀ς στήλᾱς
tā̀s stḗlās
Vocative στήλη
stḗlē 		στήλᾱ
stḗlā 		στῆλαι
stêlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • στηλίδιον (stēlídion)
  • στηλίον (stēlíon)
  • στηλίς (stēlís)
  • στηλιτεύω (stēliteúō)
  • στηλίτης (stēlítēs)
  • στηλοβάτης (stēlobátēs)
  • στηλογραφέω (stēlographéō)
  • στηλοειδής (stēloeidḗs)
  • στηλοκοπέω (stēlokopéō)
  • στηλοῦχος (stēloûkhos)
  • στηλόω (stēlóō)
  • στηλύδριον (stēlúdrion)
  • στήλωμα (stḗlōma)
  • στήλωσις (stḗlōsis)

Descendants

  • → English: stele (learned)
  • → Greek: στήλη (stíli) (learned)
  • → Italian: stele (learned)
  • → Latin: stēla
    • → English: stela (learned)
    • → Galician: estela (learned)
    • → Italian: stela (learned)
    • → Polish: stela (learned)
    • → Portuguese: estela (learned)
    • → Spanish: estela (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στήλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1404

Further reading

  • “στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “στήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “στήλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • στήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • στήλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

Noun

στήλη • (stíli) f (plural στήλες)

  1. (architecture) column, stele
  2. (chess) file

Declension

Declension of στήλη
singular plural
nominative στήλη (stíli) στήλες (stíles)
genitive στήλης (stílis) στηλών (stilón)
accusative στήλη (stíli) στήλες (stíles)
vocative στήλη (stíli) στήλες (stíles)

Synonyms

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