στήνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast, nipple”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”) and Old Armenian ստին (stin, “breast”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στήνιον • (stḗnion)

  1. Hesychius gives the definition as: στῆθος (stêthos, “breast”).

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