ἐλᾶαι στοιχάδες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally “olive-trees [planted] in rows one behind another”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lâː.ai̯ stoi̯.kʰá.des/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ɛ styˈkʰa.des/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ɛ styˈxa.ðes/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈla.e styˈxa.ðes/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈla.e stiˈxa.ðes/

Noun

ἐλᾶαι στοιχᾰ́δες • (elâai stoikhắdes) f pl (genitive ἐλᾱῶν στοιχᾰ́δων); first declension

olive trees which are not sacred, in contrast with the ἐλαῖαι μορίαι (elaîai moríai)
- 638 BCE – 558 BCE, Solon, ap. Poll. 5.36
- Philoch. 62

Declension

See the declensions of ἐλᾱ́ᾱ (elā́ā) and στοιχᾰ́ς (stoikhắs).

References

“στοιχάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press