στοργή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στέργω (stérgō, “to love”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stor.ɡɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /storˈɡe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /storˈʝi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /storˈʝi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /storˈʝi/
Noun
στοργή • (storgḗ) f (genitive στοργῆς); first declension
- love, affection; especially of parents and children
- Manetho 4.378
- (rarely) sexual love
- Palatine Anthology, 5 166
- Palatine Anthology, 5 191
- Palatine Anthology, 7 476
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ στοργή hē storgḗ |
τὼ στοργᾱ́ tṑ storgā́ |
αἱ στοργαί hai storgaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στοργῆς tês storgês |
τοῖν στοργαῖν toîn storgaîn |
τῶν στοργῶν tôn storgôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στοργῇ tēî storgēî |
τοῖν στοργαῖν toîn storgaîn |
ταῖς στοργαῖς taîs storgaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στοργήν tḕn storgḗn |
τὼ στοργᾱ́ tṑ storgā́ |
τᾱ̀ς στοργᾱ́ς tā̀s storgā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στοργή storgḗ |
στοργᾱ́ storgā́ |
στοργαί storgaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φιλόστοργος (philóstorgos)
Descendants
- Greek: στοργή (storgí)
Further reading
- “στοργή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στοργή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /storˈʝi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
στοργή • (storgí) f (uncountable)
- deep love and affection, as of a mother for her child.
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | στοργή (storgí) |
| genitive | στοργής (storgís) |
| accusative | στοργή (storgí) |
| vocative | στοργή (storgí) |