στοά

See also: στοᾷ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • στοιᾱ́ (stoiā́), στωῐ̈ᾱ́ (stōĭ̈ā́), στοιή (stoiḗ), στῳᾱ́ (stōiā́)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *stōyyā́, from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂-w-ih₂, ultimately from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”), whence also στῦλος (stûlos, “column, pillar”). Cognates include Old English stōwian, stōw (English stow), Sanskrit स्थावर (sthāvará), Persian ستاوند (sotâvand), Kurdish, Lithuanian stovéti, stovà, Old Church Slavonic ставити (staviti). Compare ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στοᾱ́ • (stoā́) f (genitive στοᾶς); first declension

  1. a colonnade
  2. a roofed porch or walkway having one or more aisles framed and supported by one or more colonnades: portico; arcade, cloister, piazza (e.g. the Stoa Basileios and the Stoa Poikile in the ancient Agora of Athens).
  3. a building marked by having such a roofed and colonnaded porch or walkway (e.g. the Stoa of Attalos in the ancient Agora of Athens).
  4. royal court

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στοᾱ́; τῆς στοᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στοᾱ́
hē stoā́ 		τὼ στοᾱ́
tṑ stoā́ 		αἱ στοαί
hai stoaí
Genitive τῆς στοᾶς
tês stoâs 		τοῖν στοαῖν
toîn stoaîn 		τῶν στοῶν
tôn stoôn
Dative τῇ στοᾷ
tēî stoāî 		τοῖν στοαῖν
toîn stoaîn 		ταῖς στοαῖς
taîs stoaîs
Accusative τὴν στοᾱ́ν
tḕn stoā́n 		τὼ στοᾱ́
tṑ stoā́ 		τᾱ̀ς στοᾱ́ς
tā̀s stoā́s
Vocative στοᾱ́
stoā́ 		στοᾱ́
stoā́ 		στοαί
stoaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aramaic: אסטוא
  • → Coptic: ⲥⲧⲟⲁ (stoa)
  • → English: stoa (learned)
  • → Finnish: stoa (learned)

See also

References

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